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Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Whether you’re new to AI or already
using it every day, these resources are organized by
topic to help you quickly find practical guidance,
Catholic perspectives, educational resources, prompt
engineering tips, design tools, and emerging
developments.
Ways to Ask AI Questions
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Your AI Glossary: 56 Terms Everyone Should
Know. How does artificial
intelligence use tokens, and should we be worried that AI
now has claws? Here’s a quick primer on the vocabulary of
today’s inescapable technology. -
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.”
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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 #1: How to Properly Ask Questions in AI? Using
AI can be frustrating if you are in a hurry and do not think
clearly what you are asking AI. You have to be precise in what
you ask for, AI does not read our thoughts. Oh, and verify, what
you are asking. “Measure twice; cut once!”
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Gemini #2: 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.
Historical &
Religious Figures – AI models, including me, have
restrictions on generating images of well-known historical
or religious figures | Copyrighted Material | Political
Neutrality – I don’t provide personal opinions on political
candidates or compare them. | Data Privacy.
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Introducing Microsoft Copilot Prompt Gallery:
Simplifying AI Communication.
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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365):
Discover all prompt
collections in the new Copilot Prompt Gallery app within
Microsoft 365.
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Getting the most from the MS Copilot Prompt Gallery.
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Microsoft Ignite: Understand Copilot Prompt Gallery -
admin guide.
MagisteriumAI: How to Properly Ask AI Questions?
The world's leading Catholic AI. It's free
and easy to use." To ask questions effectively: Be Clear and
Specific | Identify Key Terms | Break Down Complex Questions |
State Your Intent (optional but helpful) | Review Your Question.

AI
Design Styles & Effects:
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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 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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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: 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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ChatGPT Prompt Genius: Did you know that ChatGPT has secret
codes?

Papal Messages:
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Pope
Leo XIV: Address of “Magnifica Humanitas”
Presentation and Promulgation of the Encyclical Letter.
Monday, 25 May 2026.
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Pope
Leo XIV: FULL TEXT Encyclical Letter “Magnifica Humanitas”.
“On Safeguarding the Human Person In the Time of Artificial
Intelligence”, May 2026.
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Pope Leo XIV’s Call for AI Guardrails Is Resonating on
Capitol Hill. Catholic policy experts say the Pope’s
recent encyclical is shaping conversations on AI and could
help lead to regulations in areas like children’s online
safety and worker protections.
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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 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.”
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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. Vatican News | June 2026.
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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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“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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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: “Artificial Intelligence and Peace,”
2024 World Day of Peace —
2024, January 1, 2024.
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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 Francis, the Encyclical
Laudato Si, Ethics, and Existential Risk,”
Brian Patrick Green, Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Aug 16,
2015.

Ethical & Moral
Questions:
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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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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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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
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, 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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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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"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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James Cameron Says the ‘Fundamental Issue’ with Putting
Guardrails on AI Is That Humans Can’t Agree on Morals by
Marc Tamasco | Fox News | January 1, 2026. “Once a critic,
Cameron’s stance on AI has evolved over the years, with the
‘Avatar’ director now sitting on the board of Stability AI.”
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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.”
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: 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.”
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.
Here’s How AI Is Being Used to Persecute Christians. Gia
Chacón | National Catholic Register | August 14, 2025. "When
technology serves power instead of the person, the result is not
progress but oppression."

AI & Education:
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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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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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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.”
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95% of Faculty Say AI Making Students Dangerously Dependent on Technology for
Learning. Rachel del Guidice | Fox News | January 23, 2026. A new survey
from the American Association of Colleges and Universities and Elon University’s
Imagining the Digital Future Center found that an overwhelming majority of
college faculty are concerned that artificial intelligence is harming students’
critical thinking abilities.
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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.
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AI
Integration in a Catholic University’s Business Curriculum:
Key Considerations — A Working Document.
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Faculty/Staff AI Prompt Engineering Demo: The purpose of this demo:
Demystifying AI — prompt engineering is simply the art of asking questions well
— AI doesn’t replace thinking — it extends it.
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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.
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The No. 1 skill employers are looking for. Candidates who demonstrate their
fluency in artificial intelligence are much more likely to pique hiring
managers’ interest,” according to LinkedIn career expert Catherine Fisher.
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“Humane Learning in a Machine Age, A Professor’s Resolutions,”
Dr. Ben Reinhard.
Columbia Business School:
(Columbia University in the City of New York)
“Generative AI Policy:” Columbia University in the City of
New York, Office of the Provost. “We ask that you review this
guidance on the responsible use of generative AI in your work
and study at Columbia University. Based on our collective
experience with Generative AI use at the University, we
anticipate that this guidance will evolve and be updated
regularly.”
Questioning A.I. — What We Lose When We Ask Tech Questions
Instead of Humans. America | Nathan Schneider | August 6, 2025.
“Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Media Literacy: Ethics,
Copyright, Hallucinations, Bias, Generative AI and Human Bias,
Refers Readings.” Copyright © 2025, Southern New
Hhire University.
Duke University Pilot Project Examining Pros and Cons of Using
Artificial Intelligence in College. “As generative artificial
intelligence tools like ChatGPT have become increasingly
prevalent in academic settings, faculty and students have been
forced to adapt.
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.”

AI News & Articles:
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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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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"New Vatican Document Examines Potential and Risks of AI,"
January 2025, by Salvatore Cernuzio, Vatican News.
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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. 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. 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?’
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.”
‘AI will bring upheavals on scale comparable to Industrial
Revolution', Archbishop Polvani: Secretary, Dicastery for
Culture and Education,) Delphine Allaire, Vatican News.
National Catholic
Register:
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The Church & AI: Artificial intelligence is
already changing daily life. … Its rapid advance raises serious
questions about truth and the dignity of the human person —
questions Catholic teaching is uniquely equipped to address.
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Catholic Entrepreneur: The More Powerful AI Becomes, the More
People Turn to God. Months after calling for a new order of
Christian knights to help the Church navigate the age of
artificial intelligence, Catholic tech investor Artur Kluz says
Pope Leo’s encyclical has confirmed that the technology world is
listening.
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“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.”
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Anthropic’s Break With the Pentagon Ignites AI Ethics Debate:
Jonah McKeown | NCR| March 3, 2026. “ANALYSIS: After rejecting
Pentagon demands tied to autonomous weapons and surveillance,
Anthropic’s stand has intensified debate over AI ethics —
echoing recent Vatican warnings.”
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Repairing the Ruins: Why AI Can’t Replace Education. “In an
era when AI can write anything, authentic education must go
beyond the mere production of words.” Santiago Schnell |
National Catholic Register | April 13, 2026.
FoxNews:
BBC: Artificial Intelligence:
BreitBart:
CNET: AI Atlas
The Wall Street Journal:

Conversations with AI:

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