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Why Are Conservative Catholics Embracing Fr. James Martin?
Fr. James Martin recently carried the monstrance in the Napa Institute's NYC Eucharistic procession and sat for a friendly Pillar interview. Why are conservative...
When the Pope Is Sick: Who Runs the Church?
Pope Leo XIV just had surgery for lung cancer. What happens to the Church when the pope is sick? There's no vice pope, so...
The New AI Religion
Silicon Valley says it's building a god. We’ll discuss the new AI religion, Anthropic's push on AI consciousness, and the Catholic response.
The Cornell Case: How We Got Here
The horrific nature of the now-infamous Cornell case should make every good-willed person ask: how did we get here? How has our society become...
When the Vatican Is Wrong
The Vatican has come out strongly against the death penalty, and now it is convening a conference on Amoris Laetitia, which approved reception of...
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The Age of Algorithms, AI, and Aliens
We live in interesting times, with algorithms controlling our online behavior, machines taking over our thinking, and talk of alien visitations increasing. Kale Zelden...