Leo the XIV wrote a big letter about a hyperobject. Many thoughts and debates are triggered. Today we’ll look at what the hell an encyclical is, the Vatican's decade-long conversation with Silicon Valley about coding morally-sound AI, and the broken and laundered echoes of Liberation Theology in Leo’s text.Show NotesRerum Novarum, Leo XIII, May 15 1891Catholic Church largest non-governmental landownerMagnifica Humanitas full textParagraph 177: memory of past complicity in slaveryThiel’s Antichrist Framing Collides with Church DoctrineWhy Silicon Valley is Turning to The Catholic ChurchGustavo Gutiérrez, A Theology of Liberation (1971/1973)Medellín Conference 1968, CELAM documentsCamilo Torres Restrepo, ELN ColombiaRatzinger CDF investigation of Gutiérrez, 1984James Martin SJ, "A capitalist priest reads Magnifica Humanitas," America MagazineWord on Fire publishing Magnifica Humanitas in hardcopyBrief: US v. Liberation Theology (Part 1) — November 1, 2025Bonus: US v. Liberation Theology (Part 2) — November 3, 2025Conspirituality Episode on Leo XIV vs Trump (Leo's immigration remarks through Good Friday) — April 2026Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices