Pope Leo XIV described the liturgy as the driving force of evangelization at his May 27 general audience, drawing on Vatican II's Sacrosanctum Concilium and Pius XII's Mediator Dei to articulate a vision of worship that grows, adapts, and renews. For those working at the intersection of faith and psychological wellbeing, this teaching carries implications that reach well beyond the sanctuary. The integrity of sacred ritual, it turns out, has everything to do with how persons encounter meaning, belonging, and healing.
Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on artificial intelligence has given young Catholic workers a theological framework for one of the most urgent questions of their generation. What does human dignity mean when machine learning can replicate, and in some cases outperform, the tasks that once defined a career? The intersection of faith, mental health, and the disrupted labor market is where this conversation must now live.
A reader asks about religious scrupulosity — the tormenting cycle of doubt, confession, and fear that mimics devotion while exhausting the soul. This column traces what scrupulosity actually is, why Catholic anthropology refuses to reduce it to brain chemistry alone, and what the tradition's best guides recommend for those caught in its grip.
Pope Leo XIV described the liturgy as the driving force of evangelization at his May 27 general audience, drawing on Vatican II's Sacrosanctum Concilium and Pius XII's Mediator Dei to articulate a vision of worship that grows, adapts, and renews. For those working at the intersection of faith and psychological wellbeing, this teaching carries implications that reach well beyond the sanctuary. The integrity of sacred ritual, it turns out, has everything to do with how persons encounter meaning, belonging, and healing.
Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on artificial intelligence has given young Catholic workers a theological framework for one of the most urgent questions of their generation. What does human dignity mean when machine learning can replicate, and in some cases outperform, the tasks that once defined a career? The intersection of faith, mental health, and the disrupted labor market is where this conversation must now live.