Leo the XIV wrote a big letter about a hyperobject. Many thoughts and debates are triggered. Today we’ll look at what the hell an encyclical is, the Vatican's decade-long conversation with Silicon Valley about coding morally-sound AI, and the broken and laundered echoes of Liberation Theology in Leo’s text.

Show Notes

Rerum Novarum, Leo XIII, May 15 1891

Catholic Church largest non-governmental landowner

Magnifica Humanitas full text

Paragraph 177: memory of past complicity in slavery

Thiel’s Antichrist Framing Collides with Church Doctrine

Why Silicon Valley is Turning to The Catholic Church

Gustavo Gutiérrez, A Theology of Liberation (1971/1973)

Medellín Conference 1968, CELAM documents

Camilo Torres Restrepo, ELN Colombia

Ratzinger CDF investigation of Gutiérrez, 1984

James Martin SJ, "A capitalist priest reads Magnifica Humanitas," America Magazine

Word on Fire publishing Magnifica Humanitas in hardcopy

Brief: US v. Liberation Theology (Part 1) — November 1, 2025

Bonus: US v. Liberation Theology (Part 2) — November 3, 2025

Conspirituality Episode on Leo XIV vs Trump (Leo's immigration remarks through Good Friday) — April 2026

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