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Whoever shapes AI shapes the anthropology of the next generation. That's the argument at the heart of ThePrint's new feature on our work, and we think it's the right one.

Matthew Harvey Sanders, CEO of Longbeard and creator of Magisterium AI, told Europe's bishops that the secular framing of AI is being written right now, and that the Catholic view of the person, their dignity, freedom, and destiny, is missing from the conversation. Magisterium AI is one answer: a tool already used by priests, students, and educators for clear, doctrinally grounded answers on theology, scripture, and moral questions. Full story in the comments.

This one made our day. Folha de S.Paulo, Brazil's biggest newspaper, featured Magisterium AI in a piece about people reconnecting with God through technology. To our Brazilian users, that is your story as much as ours. Thank you, and thank you Folha for the feature. Have a read in the comments.

What does Silicon Valley make of a Pope writing about artificial intelligence? That was the heart of the conversation when our CEO Matthew Harvey Sanders joined AI:AM this week. Prakash Narayanan and Nathan Labenz host one of the shows the industry watches, and the reaction from inside the Valley to Pope Leo's encyclical is its own story worth following. Grateful to the AI:AM team for having us. The full broadcast is in the comments.

Great to see Fr. Michael Baggot, a member of our Scholarly Advisory Board, on WBUR 90.9 FM this week. His sharpest line: "Sycophancy is not the same thing as ministry." He warns we're drifting from an attention economy into an affection economy, where companies reach not just our minds but our hearts. Worth your time. Full story in the comments.

Thank you to EWTN for featuring our CEO Matthew Harvey Sanders. His warning: for the first time, blue-collar and white-collar workers are under threat at the same time. The response has to match the moment. Full feature in the comments.

"They're people who have kids and care deeply about the future." That's how our founder Matthew Harvey Sanders describes the leaders of the world's biggest AI labs, in a new feature with The Catholic Register. His read on the moment: the industry itself is quietly desperate for a moral voice to step in before the technology reshapes work and society. Matthew has spent years arguing the Church can be exactly that voice. Full story in the comments.

Forbes featured Magisterium AI! The piece traces the whole journey, from a chatbot built to answer questions from Church documents to a model designed to help people navigate doctrine, moral dilemmas, and the spiritual life. Grateful to Sofia Chierchio and the Forbes team for the thoughtful telling. Full story in the comments.

Together for the Common Good invited Longbeard CEO Matthew Harvey Sanders to give a keynote on AI and the future of work at the London Jesuit Centre on 20 May 2026. The following day, he was invited to the House of Lords for a discussion hosted by Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach with peers and MPs to continue the conversation. The full talk is linked in the comments — it's one of the more serious treatments of what's actually coming and what the Church has to say about it.

Matthew Harvey Sanders joined the Faith and AI Project this week for a panel conversation on Magnifica Humanitas alongside Dr. Brett Robinson from the University of Notre Dame and Fr. Jean Gove, Diocesan Coordinator for AI for the Archdiocese of Malta. It is a wide-ranging discussion and worth the full watch. The encyclical is not a regulatory document and this panel does not treat it like one. Link to the full episode in the comments.

The National Catholic Register asked Catholic thinkers, theologians, lawyers and AI researchers what they made of Magnifica Humanitas. The responses are worth reading. One thing stands out across all of them: nobody is treating this as a document that fears technology. Matthew Harvey Sanders, who was at the Vatican for the release, said the encyclical gives builders a better metric for progress than output alone. One rooted in what a human being is actually for. Full story in the comments.