Michael Baggot News Today

In office buildings in Silicon Valley, at closed-door meetings in Rome and in private audiences with Pope Francis at the Vatican, programmers pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence are mining the church's insight on what makes human beings tick.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A handful of Catholic priests are meeting with AI programmers and execs in Silicon Valley to address the ethical consequences of artificial intelligence.

Alumnus Fr. Michael Baggot, LC ’07 was recently featured on Pints with Aquinas, speaking on “Transhumanism and Emerging Technologies.”

St. Francis’ meditations on the life of Christ led him to create the first-ever Nativity scene in Greccio, Italy, in 1223.

The new technology holds plenty of promise, but some concerns exist.

Citing serious health risks and a lack of supporting evidence, Sweden, France and England have all adopted a more critical stance toward ‘gender affirming car...

The semester was an opportunity to grow in faith in the Heart of the Church, resulting in a transformative experience for all involved.