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AI is rapidly developing into “super intelligence,” causing grave concern worldwide as computer experts and AI program creators warn that it is getting beyond their control.
In today’s world where technology–especially artificial intelligence (AI)–is moving at lighting speed, Pope Leo, in his first encyclical letter titled Magnificent Humanity, strongly feels that without clear, comprehensive moral guardrails, it is very possible AI will become significantly uncontrollable, posing grave risks to humanity.
The possession of nuclear weapons, the ongoing modernization of them, the aiming of them at adversaries, and the outright threatening to use them, is absolutely insane! And deeply immoral!
The French geneticist who discovered the extra chromosome behind Down Syndrome devoted his career to using genetics to heal, not to eliminate, even as his discovery was tragically repurposed to justify prenatal eugenics. His courageous witness earned him papal honors and lasting admiration.
Catholic Social Teaching has now, with Pope Leo’s encyclical letter Magnificent Humanity, been fully brought to the forefront of Catholic doctrine, thus enabling it to apply its Gospel-based principles more effectively to the many life-and-death situations.
The Philippines is a nation rich in resources yet burdened by inequality. Amid vast natural wealth and human potential, millions still struggle with poverty and limited opportunity. Behind this contradiction lies deep-rooted systems that shape who truly benefits from the country’s riches.
The Christian remedy to narrow-minded nationalism is global solidarity. As an important principle of Catholic Social Teaching, solidarity calls us to remember that we–all people and all nations–are children of the one God who is father of all, thus making us brothers and sisters.
One of the most important events in the modern history of the Catholic Church is the closing of the Second Vatican Council–popularly known as the Vatican II. In this worldwide ecumenical council, Bishops urged the Church not to show any bias in protecting the lives and dignity of human beings.
As the gap between rich and poor continues to widen, the Church underscores the hardships suffered by countless brothers and sisters due to the many injustices inflicted by economic systems that favor the rich while throwing crumbs to the poor.
Reaching out to every person we can-especially those who suffer the most-with active compassion, generosity, social justice, and peacemaking is such a fundamental requirement to faithful Christian discipleship that our very salvation is at stake.
