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Artificial Intelligence (AI): Ethical & Moral
Questions:
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Catholic
Colleges Wrestle With AI in the Classroom. National
Catholic Register | Jonah McKeown | September 8,
2025. “Educators and students at Catholic universities now must
navigate a rapidly evolving landscape where AI presents
unprecedented opportunities for learning coupled with
significant risks.”
Catholic Liberal Arts Colleges Face the AI Test.
National Catholic Register | Stephen Beale | December 9,
2025. “As artificial intelligence reshapes the job market
and the classroom, Catholic educators say their mission to
form whole persons is more essential than ever."
What Can We Expect from Artificial Intelligence?
Thomas B. Fowler | Catholic Culture. In 2024, Thomas
Fowler wrote a series of four articles on artificial
intelligence for CatholicCulture.org:
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AI, its Capabilities and Threats
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The AI Paradigm of Knowing and its Problems
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The Human Paradigm of Knowing, How it Is Different, Why
it Is Not Replicable with AI
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Artificial Intelligence: Summary and Conclusions
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Artificial Intelligence Is Not an All-powerful Deity,
University Expert Warns: Nicolás de Cárdenas | ACI
Prensa Staff, Nov 12, 2025. Ana Lazcano, director of the
University Institute of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at
Francisco de Vitoria University in Spain, warned that AI is
not an all-powerful deity and it is necessary to “lay the
foundations of critical thinking” about the technology. … Lazcano explained
… “It is a discipline that has arrived like a tsunami, an
interdisciplinary science that is sweeping us all away in
every area, and we need a unified approach; we need to build
strength together.”
AI News & Documents:
Vatican News: Artificial Intelligence articles
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Interview with a Former AI Researcher — the Pope’s Preacher!:
Rev. Fr. Roberto Pasolini, OFM Cap., Preacher of the
Pontifical Household. “The pope’s personal preacher says that AI
might help us discover and focus on what makes us truly human:
those things that require heart and love.”
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Pope Leo XIV:
Catholic Universities Must Lead Students to Christ: Addressing U.S.
Catholic college presidents and rectors, Pope Leo XIV said Catholic
education must cultivate not only a love of learning but also a deep
passion for Christ, “the Truth,” warning that without this, students will
be less prepared to recognize truth and shape their lives accordingly.
Deborah Castellano Lubov | Vatican News | June 2026.
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Microsoft AI Director:
Magnifica Humanitas Valuable
for AI Development: Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical ‘Magnifica humanitas’ offers AI developers a valuable anthropological
contribution as they design systems with which human beings
interact at a deeply personal level, according to Taylor
Black, Microsoft’s Director of AI and Venture Ecosystems. By
Devin Watkins | Vatican News | June 2026.
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‘Magnifica
Humanitas’ Seen Deepening Church-tech Ties: Former
Silicon Valley Exec Father Brendan McGuire said,
Relationships between tech companies and the Church will
prompt “real dialogue as to how AI is going to affect
humanity”. Father Brendan McGuire, ‘EWTN News Nightly’, June
1, 2026.
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Archbishop Hicks of New York: ‘Magnifica Humanitas' to Shape
Future Generations. Deborah Castellano Lubov | Vatican
News | May 2026. "Pope Leo is raising the right issues,
especially on the transforming nature of work, as young
people of his Archdiocese ask: 'Am I studying for a career
that won't exist in 10 years?'"
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Catholic Ethical Guidance for AI Consumption (by
Magisterium AI): “Catholic teaching does not treat the
digital world as morally neutral ‘technology’; it treats it
as a new arena of human relationships where you are called
to live charity and truth. The Church’s pastoral reflection
on social media (explicitly aimed at Christians’ engagement
online) offers a set of ethical orientations that can guide
your digital media consumption as well.”
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How Does AI Align with Catholic Moral Teaching:
MagisteriumAI PRO. “AI can align with Catholic moral
teaching only when it is used and governed in ways that
respect the dignity of the human person and the common
good.”
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AI and the Catholic
Moral Vision:
Practical Guidelines for Faithful Use | Magisterium’s
Teaching on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence | Opposing
Viewpoints on AI | Magisterium’s Response | Practical Ways
to Respond | Magisterium’s Role in Shaping Ethical AI Policy
| Core Moral Principles that Guide Policy | AI and the
Common Good: Catholic Ethical Implications | Catechism’s
Teaching on Technology and the Common Good.
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AI and Necessary Discernment. Suellen Brewster |
Catholic Exchange | January 26, 2026. As Jesus’
disciples, we have ordinary tools of Christian life. Let’s
use them. Instead of being unwitting abettors of confusion,
let’s choose to be lighthouses in the fog.
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GeminiAI: AI and Honoring Human Dignity (Created with
GeminiAI | May 12, 2025. “Ensuring that the development and
deployment of Artificial Intelligence respects and upholds
human dignity is a critical challenge in our rapidly
advancing technological landscape.”
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"Artificial Intelligence," Journal of Moral Theology:
Volume 11, Special Issue 1, Spring 2022 (Pontifical Academy
for Life).
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Moral and Ethical Questions Using AI — MagisteriumAI:
"The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) raises several
moral and ethical questions that need to be considered to
ensure it serves humanity and the common good. These
considerations include human dignity, ethical guidelines,
and responsible innovation.
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“AI, Catholic Moral Views, Business, and the Human Person”
(ChatGPT)
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AI's Impact on Truth and a Christian Response. AI may
change how we access and interpret information, but it
should never redefine our commitment to what is real. Daniel
Esparza | 02/24/25 | Aleteia.
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Environmentally Conscious Franciscans about the Use of AI:
I asked ChatGPT this question: How do I respond to
Franciscans who are environmentally conscious about the use
of AI when they bring up environmental concerns about high
energy usage raising energy costs, and about using up water
systems? There were a few more environmental issues I don’t
remember. One was, how can I trust AI to give me an accurate
reply.
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"The
Role of Catholic Social Teaching and Ethics 0n Catholic
Higher Education in AI Implementation." “Catholic Higher
Education is not simply participating in the AI conversation
— it is positioned in the vanguard to lead it.”
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AI Integration in
a Catholic University’s Business
Curriculum: Key Considerations — A Working Document.
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Antiqua et Nova: Artificial Intelligence and Human
Intelligence (Dicastery for the Doctrine of the
Faith & Dicastery for Culture and Education), January 28,
2025.
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"New Vatican Document Examines Potential and Risks of AI," January
2025, by Salvatore Cernuzio, Vatican News.
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Algorethics: Potentiality and Challenges in the Age of AI,
June 12, 2024. Fr. Paolo Benanti, TOR Franciscan, AI advisor
to Pope Francis. Algorethics is a term that has been
developed since 2018 to denote the need for a study
dedicated to assessing the ethical implications of
technologies, particularly artificial intelligence.
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‘AI will bring upheavals on scale comparable to Industrial
Revolution', Archbishop
Polvani: Secretary, Dicastery for
Culture and Education,) Delphine Allaire, Vatican News.
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Rome Call: What
is the Matter with AI Ethics?, Rome, February 28th 2020.
The Pontifical Academy for Life, Microsoft, IBM, FAO, the
Italian Ministry of Innovation (part of the Italian
Government), signed as first the “Call for an AI Ethics”, a
document developed to support an ethical approach to
Artificial Intelligence and promote a sense of
responsibility among organizations, governments,
institutions and the private sector with the aim to create a
future in which digital innovation and technological
progress serve human genius and creativity and not their
gradual replacement.
Download PDF.
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Pope Leo XIV: 60th World Day of Social Communications
– Preserving Human Voices and Faces. “Although AI can
provide support and assistance in managing tasks related to
communication, in the long run, choosing to evade the effort
of thinking for ourselves and settling for artificial
statistical compilations threatens to diminish our
cognitive, emotional and communication skills.”
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Pope Leo XIV:
“Integration of AI into
Education”,
60th World Day of Social Communications, Preserving Human Voices and Faces.
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Pope Leo XIV
on Healthy Use of Technology & Artificial Intelligence.
Collation of Pope Leo's writings and addresses on Artificial
Intelligence.
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Pope Francis: "Artificial Intelligence and Peace," 2024 World
Day of Peace — 2024, January 1, 2024.
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Pope Francis: Message to President of Republic of France –
"Sommet Pour L'action Sur L'intelligence Artificielle",
(Paris, 10-11 February 2025).
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Pope Francis: "Collaboration for the Intelligent Age",
Message to World Economic Forum 2025, [Davos-Klosters
(Switzerland), 20-24 January 2025].
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"Pope Francis, the Encyclical Laudato Si, Ethics, and
Existential Risk," Brian Patrick Green, Institute for
Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Aug 16, 2015.
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Pope Francis: "Address to G7 Session on Artificial
Intelligence", Borgo Egnazia (Puglia), Friday, 14 June
2024.
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Pope Leo XIV: Message to Participants in the Builders AI
Forum, Collegium Maximum of Rome, 6-7 November 2025. "I
express gratitude to the organizers and all who, through
research, entrepreneurship and pastoral vision, seek to
ensure that emerging technologies remain oriented toward the
dignity of the human person and the common good."
National Catholic Register: “No, AI Doesn’t Have a
Soul: The Catholic Understanding of Its Role in Human
Society,” Jonah McKeown | January 29, 2026: “College
professor-philosopher seeks the truth about the mind, soul
and personhood in a new podcast series about artificial
intelligence.”
CBS News: Artificial Intelligence resources:
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The No. 1 skill employers are looking for: Megan Cerullo
| January 29, 2026. “Candidates who demonstrate their
fluency in artificial intelligence are much more likely to
pique hiring managers’ interest,” according to LinkedIn
career expert Catherine Fisher.”
FoxNews:
Understanding Artificial Intelligence
The Wall Street Journal: Artificial
Intelligence section
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Yann Lecun's Advice for Young Students Wanting to Go into
AI. Brent D. Griffiths | December 22, 2025. “My
recommendation was not to avoid CS as a major but to take
the maximum number of courses on foundations (e.g. math,
physics, or EE courses) rather than take courses on the
trendy technology du jour,” he told Business Insider.
BreitBart: Tech Page
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OpenAI Seeks ‘Head of Preparedness’ to Tackle Emerging AI
Safety Risks. BreitBart | Lucas Nolan | 4 Jan 2026. “In
a recent post on X, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged the
growing challenges posed by increasingly sophisticated AI
models. These challenges span across various domains,
including the potential impact on mental health and the
ability of AI systems to discover critical vulnerabilities
in computer security.”
Columbia Business School: Generative AI for Teaching
Excellence
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Questioning
A.I. — What We Lose When We Ask Tech Questions Instead of
Humans. America | Nathan Schneider | August 6, 2025.
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“Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Media Literacy: Ethics,
Copyright, Hallucinations, Bias, Generative AI and Human
Bias, References and Further Readings.” Copyright ©
2025, Southern New Hampshire University.
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Duke
University Pilot Project Examining Pros and Cons of Using
Artificial Intelligence in College.
WRAL NEWS
| September 5, 2025: “As generative artificial
intelligence tools like ChatGPT have become increasingly
prevalent in academic settings, faculty and students have
been forced to adapt.
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Education is NOT about Content Transmission: "the
intellectual virtues in a time of AI," Dr. Andrew Abela |
Jan 17, 2026. "What are the implications of the rise of
Artificial Intelligence on higher education? This is a
question that no university can avoid. In the Busch School
of Business we have begun what I hope will be a far-reaching
process of reevaluating all of our teaching to ensure that
we are making the best use of this new technology to prepare
our students with the best possible intellectual and moral
formation, so that they can flourish within this complex new
reality."
Ways to Ask AI
Questions?:
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Universities of Wisconsin Launch Free Online Artificial
Intelligence Course Series. “ASAP: AI Skills Access
Passport is a free series of 7 short videos to unlock
insights, sharpen your judgment, and strengthen your digital
instincts. Each video earns you a new “skills stamp” that
reinforces safe use, accurate interpretation, and sound
decision making in AI assisted environments. By completing
the series, participants gain a well rounded foundation,
enabling them to engage with AI tools confidently.”
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ChatGPT-5: How to Properly Ask Questions in AI? Be Clear
& Specific | Add Context | Use Examples | Define the Format
You Want | Clarify Your Promise | Ask Follow-Up Questions.
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Gemini: How to Properly Ask Questions in AI? Be Clear
and Specific | Use Natural Language | Break Down Complex
Questions | Proofread Your Questions: Typos and grammatical
errors can sometimes confuse the AI.
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M365CoPilot: How to Properly Ask Questions in AI? Be
Clear & Specific | Provide Context | Use Follow-Up Goals |
Use Keywords Thoughtfully | Review & Verify Question.
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Magisterium: How to Properly Ask AI Questions? "To ask
questions effectively: Be Clear and Specific | Identify Key
Terms | Break Down Complex Questions | State Your Intent
(optional but helpful) | Review Your Question.
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How to Frame AI Questions Toward a Positive Response Rather
than a Negative One? “A bold, audacious approach to
asking questions can lead to breakthroughs. Now, let’s
refine how you frame those bold questions to increase the
likelihood of a positive response. It’s less about what you
ask and more about how you ask it.”
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Develop the Skills to Properly Ask AI Clear, Concise
Questions That Apply to Business, AI, and Life in General. “Asking
incisive questions is a superpower, unlocking clarity,
driving innovation, and fostering deeper understanding
across all aspects of life. It’s not just about what you
ask, but how you ask.”
AI
Design Styles & Effects:
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ChatGPT Graphics Styles Sheet: Includes: Classical
Sacred Styles, Vintage / Retro Styles, Cinematic / Epic Styles,
Painterly / Artistic Styles, Modern / Experimental Styles,
Typography-Driven Variations, Cultural / Historical
Inspirations, Mood Variations, also, an Aspect ratios chart.
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ChatGPT Classical & Sacred Font Style Guide: “For sacred art,
Facebook graphics, feast-day banners, and illuminated manuscript designs,
fonts are almost a world unto themselves. Think of them as vestments for
words. The same message can appear regal, medieval, joyful, solemn, or
contemporary depending on the lettering.”
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ChatGPT: Keyboard Shortcuts & Writing Tricks. The
Shift + Enter trick is the first “secret door” most people
discover. It lets you add a new line without sending the
message. Attached are a few other shortcuts that can make
ChatGPT feel less like typing into a mailbox and more like
using a real editor.
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AI Graphic Design Styles
& Effects Cheat Sheet: Medium-Based Styles,
Material-Based Styles, Photography Styles, Lighting Effects,
Color Palettes, Fonts & Text Effects.
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ChatGPT Prompt Genius: Did you know that ChatGPT has
secret codes?
Conversations with AI:
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