# magnifica humanitas (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover magnifica humanitas. Page: Feed: --- ## [The DSA, Burritos, and a Vision from the Right](https://lylena.substack.com/p/the-dsa-burritos-and-a-vision-from) _2026-08-22 · LyLena D. Estabine · Room to Build_ The right will need more than mere principle to win back young people ## [The Borders of American Citizenship](https://lylena.substack.com/p/the-borders-of-american-citizenship) _2026-08-14 · LyLena D. Estabine · Room to Build_ Birthright citizenship, American ethos, and hard questions after 250 years of the experiment ## [Tra i nuovi consultori del dicastero per la vita consacrata molti favorevoli all’ordinazione femminile e pro-LGBT](https://gaetanomasciullo.substack.com/p/tra-i-nuovi-consultori-del-dicastero) _2026-08-10 · Gaetano Masciullo · Gaetano Masciullo - For Faith and Liberty_ Pope Leo appoints pro-female ordination, pro-LGBT consultors to religious life dicastery ## [Don Lorenzo Milani: “Cavallo di Troia” dell’Agenda LGBT nella Chiesa?](https://gaetanomasciullo.substack.com/p/don-lorenzo-milani-cavallo-di-troia) _2026-08-07 · Gaetano Masciullo · Gaetano Masciullo - For Faith and Liberty_ Will Pope Leo XIV Canonize an LGBT Icon? The Fr. Lorenzo Milani Controversy ## [We Must Go Beyond the Law of Zeus](https://lylena.substack.com/p/we-must-go-beyond-the-law-of-zeus) _2026-08-07 · LyLena D. Estabine · Room to Build_ Why I loved Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey (and you should too) ## [INTERVISTA ESCLUSIVA. Damnatio Memoriae: vescovo argentino oppositore di Bergoglio rimasto senza una degna sepoltura](https://gaetanomasciullo.substack.com/p/intervista-esclusiva-damnatio-memoriae) _2026-08-05 · Gaetano Masciullo · Gaetano Masciullo - For Faith and Liberty_ Traditionalist bishop who fought Communion in hand still has no gravestone after 7 years ## [What good are non-replicable studies?](https://lylena.substack.com/p/what-good-are-non-replicable-studies) _2026-08-01 · LyLena D. Estabine · Room to Build_ If half of social science isn't replicable, maybe blanket statements isn't the goal ## [Sacerdozio femminile: se la dottrina è inscalfibile, ci pensino liturgia e diritto a bypassarla](https://gaetanomasciullo.substack.com/p/sacerdozio-femminile-se-la-dottrina) _2026-07-22 · Gaetano Masciullo · Gaetano Masciullo - For Faith and Liberty_ Female Priesthood by Stealth? How the Revolution Plans to Bypass Catholic Doctrine ## [Quando l’accoglienza diventa ideologia: immigrazione, Chiesa e crisi del bene comune](https://gaetanomasciullo.substack.com/p/quando-laccoglienza-diventa-ideologia) _2026-07-20 · Gaetano Masciullo · Gaetano Masciullo - For Faith and Liberty_ Is Immigration Becoming a Catholic Dogma? Inside Pope Leo XIV’s New Agenda ## [Should priests use A.I. for homily help? A Silicon Valley pastor explains how and how not to](https://www.americamagazine.org/podcasts/2026/07/17/catholic-preaching-artificial-intelligence/) _2026-07-17 · Preach · Podcasts - America Magazine_ “If you don’t spend time writing your homily today and you just get up and give it, ask ChatGPT or Claude—they’re gonna do a better job than you,” Father Brendan McGuire says. The post Should priests use A.I. for homily help? A Silicon Valley pastor explains how and how not to appeared first on America Magazine . ## [ThreatCrush on GitHub (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/wABbjlilctxG) _2026-07-17 · **Sponsored**_ View the ThreatCrush listing on the GitHub Marketplace. ## [Perseverance is only a virtue in the right direction](https://lylena.substack.com/p/perseverance-is-only-a-virtue-in) _2026-07-17 · LyLena D. Estabine · Room to Build_ Here’s the permission you need to change course, change your mind, change your life (even if it’s not ideal) ## [L’Osservatore Romano nega il diavolo e il peccato originale](https://gaetanomasciullo.substack.com/p/losservatore-romano-nega-il-diavolo) _2026-07-13 · Gaetano Masciullo · Gaetano Masciullo - For Faith and Liberty_ Vatican’s Official Newspaper Says Satan Isn’t in Genesis… so, no Original Sin? ## [Lincoln has a message for the 85%](https://lylena.substack.com/p/lincoln-has-a-message-for-the-15) _2026-07-10 · LyLena D. Estabine · Room to Build_ Only 15% of young people trust the federal government to do the right thing — an all-time low. Lincoln offers them a relevant message at America's 250th anniversary. ## [INTERVISTA ESCLUSIVA. Thaïs d’Escufon, vittima di violenza sessuale: "Remigrazione, unica soluzione seria e duratura per la sicurezza in Europa"](https://gaetanomasciullo.substack.com/p/intervista-esclusiva-thais-descufon) _2026-07-08 · Gaetano Masciullo · Gaetano Masciullo - For Faith and Liberty_ EXCLUSIVE: Sexual assault survivor says remigration ‘only serious long-term solution’ for women’s safety ## [A Franciscan approach to preaching for missionary discipleship](https://www.americamagazine.org/podcasts/2026/07/07/a-franciscan-approach-to-preaching-for-missionary-discipleship/) _2026-07-07 · Preach · Podcasts - America Magazine_ He makes the case for homilies that center the relationship Jesus invites us into—one of freedom and joy—rather than dwelling on sin and placing undue burdens on the congregation. The post A Franciscan approach to preaching for missionary discipleship appeared first on America Magazine . ## [Dal Concistoro alla Scomunica, da Roma a Ecône](https://gaetanomasciullo.substack.com/p/dal-concistoro-alla-scomunica-da) _2026-07-02 · Gaetano Masciullo · Gaetano Masciullo - For Faith and Liberty_ After the SSPX Consecrations: Why Rome Still Misunderstands the Crisis ## [Chiesa in Francia: è ordinaria profanazione](https://gaetanomasciullo.substack.com/p/chiesa-in-francia-e-ordinaria-profanazione) _2026-07-01 · Gaetano Masciullo · Gaetano Masciullo - For Faith and Liberty_ France’s Churches Are Being Desecrated. Why Are the Bishops Silent? ## [Father James Martin on meeting our moral heroes](https://www.americamagazine.org/podcasts/2026/06/29/greg-boyle-james-martin-spiritual-life/) _2026-06-29 · James Martin, S.J. · Podcasts - America Magazine_ This week for the finale of our second season of “The Spiritual Life” podcast, I was able to speak with a moral hero: my Jesuit brother Greg Boyle, the founder of Homeboy Industries. The post Father James Martin on meeting our moral heroes appeared first on America Magazine . ## [Preaching the Gospel—not politics—at America’s 250th anniversary](https://www.americamagazine.org/podcasts/2026/06/29/preach-archbishop-lori-america-250/) _2026-06-29 · Preach · Podcasts - America Magazine_ As we approach the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, preachers face a sacred responsibility—to proclaim the Gospel and heed the signs of the times, without getting lost in political ideologies. The post Preaching the Gospel—not politics—at America’s 250th anniversary appeared first on America Magazine . ## [‘I doubt he will be diplomatic’: What Pope Leo may say to the U.S. on July 3](https://www.americamagazine.org/podcasts/2026/06/26/inside-vatican-pope-leo-summer/) _2026-06-26 · Inside the Vatican · Podcasts - America Magazine_ On the season finale of “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen and Gerry discuss the hectic weeks before Pope Leo’s summer vacation. The post ‘I doubt he will be diplomatic’: What Pope Leo may say to the U.S. on July 3 appeared first on America Magazine . ## [Privacy-first AI-native browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/J813YJBtX85A) _2026-06-26 · **Sponsored**_ No telemetry or ads — built on Ungoogled Chromium with a built-in AI sidebar and CLI. ## [Pope Leo and Trump aren’t the first feuding leaders: a history of papal power clashes](https://www.americamagazine.org/podcasts/2026/06/25/pope-leo-trump-history/) _2026-06-25 · Jesuitical · Podcasts - America Magazine_ This week on “Jesuitical,” hosts Zac Davis and Ashley McKinless talk with historian Miles Pattenden about the long and quirky history of feuds between popes and politicians. The post Pope Leo and Trump aren’t the first feuding leaders: a history of papal power clashes appeared first on America Magazine . ## [Father James Martin and Hasan Minhaj on Islam, comedy and the spiritual life](https://www.americamagazine.org/podcasts/2026/06/23/hasan-minhaj-james-martin-spiritual-life-islam/) _2026-06-23 · James Martin, S.J. · Podcasts - America Magazine_ Hasan Minhaj is best known as a comedian. But given his intense interest in different faith traditions, he could also be considered a student (or maybe even a teacher) of comparative religion. The post Father James Martin and Hasan Minhaj on Islam, comedy and the spiritual life appeared first on America Magazine . ## [La svolta LGBT della Chiesa italiana](https://gaetanomasciullo.substack.com/p/la-svolta-lgbt-della-chiesa-italiana) _2026-06-22 · Gaetano Masciullo · Gaetano Masciullo - For Faith and Liberty_ From the Sacred Heart to Pride Month: Has the Italian Church Been Captured by LGBT Activism? ## [‘Like I’ve rarely seen him’: Pope Leo’s visit to Spain](https://www.americamagazine.org/podcasts/2026/06/19/like-ive-rarely-seen-him-pope-leos-visit-to-spain/) _2026-06-19 · Inside the Vatican · Podcasts - America Magazine_ This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Gerard O’Connell recaps for Colleen Dulle the highlights from the pope’s three stops: Madrid, Barcelona and the Canary Islands. The post ‘Like I’ve rarely seen him’: Pope Leo’s visit to Spain appeared first on America Magazine . ## [What the parable of the Lost Sheep should teach us about individuality, tribalism and communion](https://www.americamagazine.org/podcasts/2026/06/18/luke-burgis-jesuitical-tribalism/) _2026-06-18 · Jesuitical · Podcasts - America Magazine_ This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley sit down with Luke Burgis, the director of the Cluny Institute at The Catholic University of America and the author of The One and the Ninety-Nine: Forging Identity in the Age of Social Contagion. They discuss why we join and leave tribes, how to form a “solid” self \[…\] The post What the parable of the Lost Sheep should teach us about individuality,… ## [David Brooks on desire and longing in the spiritual life](https://www.americamagazine.org/podcasts/2026/06/16/david-brooks-james-martin-spiritual-life/) _2026-06-16 · James Martin, S.J. · Podcasts - America Magazine_ Desire and longing are some of the main ways that God draws us closer. “Our hearts are restless until they rest in you, O Lord,” as St. Augustine wrote. How else would God draw us closer than by awakening in us the very desire for the divine? The post David Brooks on desire and longing in the spiritual life appeared first on America Magazine . ## [You Were Made to Build. The Question Is What.](https://lylena.substack.com/p/you-were-made-to-build-the-question) _2026-06-14 · LyLena D. Estabine · Room to Build_ What does Magnifica Humanitas have to do with me? (Part 2) ## [Scraping the Sky](https://clintondreisbach.com/articles/2026-06-09-scraping-against-the-sky/) _2026-06-09 · Letters from Troas_ The metaphor of the Tower of Babel for the misuse of AI right at the beginning of Magnifica Humanitas , Pope Leo's encyclical on AI and work, hooked me. It's been a document I've been thinking about since I finished it and I expect this won't be the last blog post I write about it. There's a tension I feel between my different values — my love of computing and my belief in humanity as flawed but… ## [Tue Jun 09 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)](https://clintondreisbach.com/notes/2026-06-09-2026-06-09/) _2026-06-09 · Letters from Troas_ I went out to a Magic: the Gathering night at The Common Market tonight and had a great time. First game was challenging but I felt I put up a good show. The second game was a hilarious race to the bottom of our life totals, over in 30 minutes. The last game my big Uril Enchantress deck went off, launching a 42/42 Aura Gnarlid and a 87/87 Uril with trample to take out two players in one turn. My… ## [What does Magnifica Humanitas have to do with me? (Part 1)](https://lylena.substack.com/p/what-does-magnifica-humanitas-have) _2026-06-06 · LyLena D. Estabine · Room to Build_ Pope Leo’s distinction between man and AI seems to call us toward something higher ## [From any door to your door (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/dxmWMMsSChaH) _2026-06-06 · **Sponsored**_ Book rides, errands, deliveries, groceries and home help in one app ## [Kwain, Giver of Gifts](https://clintondreisbach.com/notes/2026-06-06-kwain-giver-of-gifts/) _2026-06-06 · Letters from Troas_ I built a new Commander deck for Magic: the Gathering around Kwain, Itinerant Meddler (decklist) . I expected it to be a fun deck, with a lot of light-hearted "everyone wins but I win a little more" action. Instead I got a mean machine that creates wild board states. I tried to win this game with Approach of the Second Sun but got counterspelled, so I had to rush in with a swarm of duplicated… ## [AI-Forward Urban Chicken Farming](https://clintondreisbach.com/articles/2026-05-31-ai-forward-urban-chicken-farming/) _2026-05-31 · Letters from Troas_ I have a flock of hens in my backyard. My wife, Rachel, had them before we met and we've kept them, even when we lived on a different property for a year while our house was under construction. They're incredible creatures for keeping our home food-waste-free: they'll eat anything and turn it into fresh eggs. During the summer we get enough eggs to give them out to friends and people we care… ## [How to Write a Winning Personal Statement](https://lylena.substack.com/p/how-to-write-a-winning-personal-statement) _2026-05-30 · LyLena D. Estabine · Room to Build_ Reflecting on who you are and who you are becoming ## [Magnifica Humanitas: Doin’ the Vatican RAG](https://astickadogandaboxwithsomethinginit.com/magnifica-humanitas-doin-the-vatican-rag/) _2026-05-29 · billt · A Stick a Dog and a Box With Something In It_ The Catholic Church is actively responding to the challenges posed by artificial intelligence through various teachings, but the main event is Pope Leo’s new Encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas. It s the product of the wonderfully named Interdicasterial Commission on Artificial Intelligence which convened in response to a rescript signed by Cardinal Michael Czerny, Prefect of the Dicastery for ## [Magnifica Humanitas](https://clintondreisbach.com/notes/2026-05-27-magnifica-humanitas/) _2026-05-27 · Letters from Troas_ I have been fascinated with Magnifica Humanitas , the encyclical from Pope Leo XIV. It's been referred to as an encyclical about AI, and it is that, but it's also a stunning document on a Christian attitude toward work, human rights, and the need for solidarity with the poor. (And he uses the metaphor of the Tower of Babel! I've been using this in casual conversation about AI for a year. Love to… ## [Where I'm At With AI Today](https://clintondreisbach.com/notes/2026-05-24-ai-next-steps/) _2026-05-24 · Letters from Troas_ Eight months ago, I wrote about the growing pressure at work to use AI . I was hesitant and worried it would be inevitable. I was right, but I was also surprised at how I took to it. Since March of this year, I started using AI as part of my daily workflow, as a sort of personal information manager. I started with a harness a coworker wrote, but quickly evolved it into my own setup, with skills to… ## [Please Stop Telling Me “The Voting Rights Act is Dead”](https://lylena.substack.com/p/please-stop-telling-me-the-voting) _2026-05-22 · LyLena D. Estabine · Room to Build_ Why you should celebrate the Louisiana v. Callais decision (and why we still have work to do). ## [Chinatown gorilla](https://clintondreisbach.com/notes/2026-05-17/) _2026-05-17 · Letters from Troas_ ## [Your Life on the Equilibrium Adjustment](https://lylena.substack.com/p/your-life-on-the-equilibrium-adjustment) _2026-04-24 · LyLena D. Estabine · Room to Build_ How can you preserve your life’s purpose when the circumstances change? ## [Witness to Injustice by David Frost Jr](https://clintondreisbach.com/articles/2025-12-28-witness-to-injustice/) _2025-12-28 · Letters from Troas_ My wife found the most wonderful gift for me this year, the book Witness to Injustice by David Frost Jr . This slim tome contained more vivid stories than books five times its size. It's the memoir of a Black man, David Frost, born in the 1920s just a few miles from where I grew up in rural Barbour County in Alabama. He ran moonshine and later a nightclub before fighting for civil rights from… ## [Silver King](https://clintondreisbach.com/notes/2025-10-21-silver-king/) _2025-10-21 · Letters from Troas_ ## [The pressure to use AI](https://clintondreisbach.com/articles/2025-10-07-the-pressure-to-use-ai/) _2025-10-07 · Letters from Troas_ I am feeling more pressure every day at work to use AI as part of my development workflow; specifically, to use multiple tools and integrate them into my processes. I worry when the amount of pressure will lead to me exiting my role. I have found AI useful at some things. It's good at reading documents and suggesting ways to get them more in line with company standards, and it's ok at reading code… ## [Reading log for Oct 2025](https://clintondreisbach.com/notes/2025-10-06-reading-log/) _2025-10-06 · Letters from Troas_ This month, I read: The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbary: I picked this off the shelf based on the title and cover not knowing anything about it. It was hilarious, touching, and very French. Recommended if you like diaries or depressed people or dry humor. It reminded me a little of Convenience Store Woman. Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay and The Story of the Lost Child by Elena… ## [Human values and artistic value](https://astickadogandaboxwithsomethinginit.com/human-values-and-artistic-value/) _2025-10-04 · billt · A Stick a Dog and a Box With Something In It_ I gave the opening keynote at a two-day workshop looking at ways to make work that is digital, inclusive and sustainable as part of part of programme to support transformation across the European opera and dance community. It was was organised by FEDORA The European Circle of Philanthropists of Opera and Dance, a non-profit ## [What I read in August 2025](https://clintondreisbach.com/notes/2025-09-02-what-i-read-in-august/) _2025-09-02 · Letters from Troas_ First and foremost, The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden. I can't talk too much about it because not knowing where it is going is a lot of what I loved about this book. It takes a third-act turn that changed the whole book for me and made me fall deeper in love with it. I recommend it to everyone, but it does have some explicit sex scenes, in case that's not for you. Second, My Brilliant Friend and… ## [Is it time to write some enforceable Laws of Robotics?](https://astickadogandaboxwithsomethinginit.com/is-it-time-to-write-some-enforceable-laws-of-robotics/) _2025-08-23 · billt · A Stick a Dog and a Box With Something In It_ “We must build AI for people; not to be a person,” Mustafa Suleyman’s recent essay on the importance of avoiding what he terms ‘seemingly conscious AI ‘is a welcome intervention, and much better argued than his recent book, The Coming Wave. It could be argued that it’s also a good way to put some clear ## [Remembering VJ Day](https://astickadogandaboxwithsomethinginit.com/remembering-vj-day/) _2025-08-15 · billt · A Stick a Dog and a Box With Something In It_ At noon today, in half an hour, there will be a two minute silence to mark VJ Day, the eightieth anniversary of the surrender of Japan and the effective end of World War Two It doesn’t get the same attention as the end of the war in Europe but it matters to me and my ## [King’s Parade: two hundred metres of my history](https://astickadogandaboxwithsomethinginit.com/kings-parade-two-hundred-metres-of-my-history/) _2025-08-04 · billt · A Stick a Dog and a Box With Something In It_ I arrived to study at Cambridge University forty-six years ago, in 1979, and moved into a room at St Catharine s College, or Catz. It was Bull 51, a room at the top of Bull Hostel under a leaded roof, looking out over King s Parade (the one marked in the photo above). Three years later I ## [Writing the Public Internet](https://astickadogandaboxwithsomethinginit.com/writing-the-public-internet/) _2025-05-22 · billt · A Stick a Dog and a Box With Something In It_ “As I write, highly civilized human beings are crafting algorithmic timelines, trying to kill my ability to focus for longer than thirty seconds. “They do not feel any enmity against me as an individual, nor I against them. But their stock options and share prices depend on taking the most of my conscious attention as ## [Espresso Synchronicity](https://astickadogandaboxwithsomethinginit.com/espresso-synchronicity/) _2025-04-13 · billt · A Stick a Dog and a Box With Something In It_ I m editing a newsletter and I just copied and pasted a photograph I took in Savino s cafe this week of my coffee in a cup from the 2019 Venice Biennale, which I attended. And I m listening to Laurie Anderson who is standing in for Iggy Pop on 6Music, and the second song she plays is