Advances in technology and AI raise fundamental questions: When do assistive technologies cross a line and become something else? What does this imply about human nature, human dignity and being created in God's image?
Tackling matters that are the topic of political debates today, the new Vatican document Dignitas Infinita, or "Infinite Dignity," drew more controversy than intended.
Like many others, we in the New York City Catholic Worker community do not know what to do in the midst of our heartbreak and deep sorrow for all lives lost in Israel and Palestine.
About 50 people protested outside the Kansas City National Security Campus April 15, calling for an end to nuclear weapons and criticizing a proposed expansion there. Thomas C. Fox was one of 10 people arrested.
Dignitas Infinita fails to treat women and transgender persons with the basic respect and consideration their dignity requires, writes theologian M. Therese Lysaught.
"We love this church, we love our Catholic faith," but "personally, professionally and ministerially, we are concerned with Dignitas Infinita's statements on gender theory and sex change," they write.
Time will tell if rumors about Archbishop Georg Gänswein getting a new job as a Vatican ambassador are true, writes Renardo Schlegelmilch. For now the former secretary to Pope Benedict XVI remains in Germany, and unemployed.
When determining covenantal expectations for Catholic school educators — including what "conduct or lifestyles" should be grounds for termination — bishops should listen to the faithful.