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The Catholic Church consistently rejects state socialism, communism, due to their materialistic philosophies, violation of private property rights, and suppression of individual liberty. The Church also rejects unregulated capitalism and consumerism. Broadly speaking, the Church defines consumerism as the relentless, out-of-order pursuit of material wealth and the belief that happiness, meaning, and identity are found in acquiring possessions. It is viewed as an ideological trap where humans are reduced to mere buyers and life is about things to be consumed.

"Mainly through sins of impurity, do the forces of darkness subjugate souls."

Pornography is a spiritual disaster, and the euphemisms of Sunday sermons aren’t getting at the problem. It’s not a secret that we have a pornography problem. By “we,” I mean American males, but also American Christian males.

How did a distinguished modern university professor of philosophy believe in God, the Virgin Mary, angels, and saints?

Before his conversion, to such a rhetorical question, the Spanish thinker Manuel García Morente (1886–1942) would always respond with the silence of a superior smile. All these Christian teachings and beliefs were, gently, labeled by him as “childishness.”

A recent study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) suggests a rather unsettling reality: our Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools breed intellectual laziness. By offloading essential tasks like writing, coding and critical thinking to machines, we are causing our cognitive skills to wither away.

Convenient “prompt and accept” dependency is replacing mental effort, memory retention and problem-solving skills. Thus, users avoid suffering but end up with reduced brain engagement, fading memories and a tragic deficit of original thought.

-The encyclical teaches that human limits such as illness, aging, suffering, and vulnerability are not simply defects to be corrected; rather, human beings often flourish through their limitations, where they can discover wisdom, experience the closeness of others, and encounter the Lord (MH 118–119). Therefore, AI should serve humanity not by tempting us to escape limitation through optimization, but by supporting a life of “openness and communion” (MH 231).

Javier Barraycoa Martínez (Barcelona, 1963) holds a PhD in Philosophy (1993) and is a tenured professor in the Department of Law and Political Science at CEU Abat Oliba University in Barcelona. He speaks about his book *The Genocide of the Vendée and the First Modern Crusade.