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The Church has been navigating technological change for 2,000 years. AI may be its most complicated challenge yet.

In this episode, we're diving into the opportunities, risks, and realities of artificial intelligence in Catholic ministry.

This was filmed before the Pope’s encyclical ‘Magnifica Humanitas’ sooo, we’ll have to do another and talk about it again =)

We talk about:

🔹 Where AI can actually help parishes and dioceses today
🔹 Marketing, communications, and doing more with limited staff and budgets
🔹 The challenges of AI-generated Catholic art and sacred imagery
🔹 Why human oversight matters when tradition, symbolism, and theology are involved
🔹 The rise of AI companions, and why discipleship can never be outsourced

As Catholic organizations navigate this rapidly changing technology, discernment matters more than ever. AI may be a powerful tool, but it cannot replace prayer, presence, relationships, or authentic human connection.

So where should the Church embrace AI? And where should it draw the line?

Listen to the full conversation here: https://bit.ly/4fxhpO1

The polished version gets the credit.
But the real work happens before that.

Planning. Iterating. Adjusting.
That’s what makes it good.

Process > perception.