Social Catholicism and A Better Kind of Politics
Bill MurphyA substack about fostering a renewal of the authentic Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church, leading to what can be called a better kind of politics, working in solidarity to build a future worthy of the human family.
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Libido Dominandi and Babel in Magnifica Humanitas ch. 1
As many have already noted, Pope Leo XIV deploys the Old Testament image of the Tower of Babel in his social encyclical Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding The Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence (MH). He does so to illustr...
A Better Approach to the Morality of Voting (2/2)
In my most recent post, I introduced a discussion of the morality of voting in the context of Pope Leo XIV’s new social encyclical Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (MH). My basic po...
Can Catholics Help Rebuild the City by Voting?
Introduction
Pope Leo XIV’s new social encyclical Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (MH) calls upon Catholics and those of goodwill to make a “pivotal choice” that he illustrate...
Pope Leo's Address upon Receiving Liberty Medal
As we prepare to mark the semiquincentennial of the American Declaration of Independence, Pope Leo XIV offered the following address on the occasion of being awarded the 2026 Liberty Medal by the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia...
Thiel: Pope Leo is serving as a "Chinese agent"
At the Aspen Ideas Festival this week, tech billionaire Peter Thiel took a break from his usual musings about the antichrist—which he seems to think is the paralysis caused by public institutions—to lodge some hysterical charges against bot...
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I was inspired during the John Paul II era to leave a career in IT and spend the last 25 years as a moral theologian. I am now focused on fostering a renewal of the Catholic social tradition to address contemporary social and political challenges.
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