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In June, the annual report on cases of antisemitism in Germany in 2025 was published (compiled by the Association of Research and Information Centers on Antisemitism). In addition to an overall increase in cases, politically motivated incidents involving the German far right increased by 60%, rising from 502 in 2025 to 807 in 2026. The […]
Artificial intelligence and the digital systems on which it is based represent a total environment — the world, plain and simple — in which machines produce culture rather than human beings. The humanistic challenge lies in shaping a way of inhabiting this (digital) world, begetting culture through practices of love that enable each individual to […]
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical offers theological and humanistic insights into the potential and risks of artificial intelligence for human dignity. It is also a declaration of the “dream of a new modernity,” in which the Catholic Church, nations, peoples, and international institutions collaborate to create ways of inhabiting the world that are worthy of […]
Catholicism and the concrete pursuit of peace how and where to draw the line — is a concrete thorn in the Church, evidence of the real effort. For years, Catholic theology—and perhaps the Church itself—has faced an unresolvable dilemma when it comes to peace. The more decisive and radical the stance against war, the less […]
Chapter V of Pope Francis’s encyclical Fratelli Tutti. On Fraternity and Social Friendship is dedicated to fraternity as a political technique aimed at achieving social friendship, which is capable of constructively and creatively managing conflicts within societies. Democracies that emerged from the two great modern revolutions are essentially based on the combination of freedom and […]
When observing the international political scene today, few things appear as clear as the deeply critical tensions facing Western democracies. The current situation in the United States, one of the oldest and most established democratic systems, serves as evidence of this and should leave us far from reassured about the future of democratic political systems […]
