Conversations with Archbishop J

August 6, 2026

One ark, one helmsman

Q: Archbishop J, why excommunication? Part Three of Three A woman kneels in a confessional and tells God everything. She has done this for years. She […]
July 29, 2026

The house He built

Q: Archbishop J, why excommunication?  Part Two of Three Last week I wrote about a rupture. This week, about a foundation—for the two cannot be understood […]
July 21, 2026

Please turn back’

Q: Archbishop J, why excommunication? Part One of Three On June 29, the Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul, Pope Leo XIV sat down to write […]
July 15, 2026

PT III Reflecting on Magnifica Humanitas – Unarmed and Disarming

In the final chapter of his encyclical Magnifica Humanitas (MH), Pope Leo XIV addresses war in the age of artificial intelligence. He insists no algorithm may […]
July 9, 2026

PT II Reflecting on Magnifica Humanitas – A face, not a function

Weighed against the common good, Artificial Intelligence reveals both what it is and what it hides. Pope Leo XIV calls us to turn the digital world […]
July 1, 2026

Magnificent Humanity

With his first encyclical, Pope Leo XIV places the age of artificial intelligence inside the oldest question of all: what does it mean to be human? […]
June 25, 2026

A School of Love: The Family and the Descent of the Kerygma

We almost always begin in the same place. We meet someone, something comes alive, and we are convinced—rightly—that we have fallen in love. The wedding is […]
June 17, 2026

God has already brought you to silence

Q: Archbishop J, how do we go deeper in the journey?  There is a sentence that can change the direction of a life. For one young […]