Magnifica Humanitas: What does Pope Leo XIV Teach about AI?

About the speaker:

Edmund Lazzari is Assistant Professor of Catholic Studies at Duquesne University and Adjunct Professor of Theology at the Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Sts. Cyril and Methodius. Dr. Lazzari is also a member of the Aquinas and 'the Arabs' International Working Group and affiliated faculty of the Carl G. Grefenstette Center for Ethics in Science, Technology, and Law. A former Basselin Fellow, he holds ecclesiastical licentiates in philosophy (PhL) and sacred theology (STL) from the Catholic University of America and Santa Clara University, as well as a doctorate in systematic theology and ethics (PhD) from Marquette University. He has previously taught philosophy and theology at Mount St. Mary's University, Marquette University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and other universities not starting with the letter "M." Dr. Lazzari has published on a wide variety of topics in theology, such as theology and science, the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, Catholic-Muslim dialogue, sacred music, machine learning/AI, Catholic ethics, and extraterrestrial intelligence. He is the author of two books: Why Nature Matters: Unlocking Catholic Doctrine through Commonsense Philosophy (2022) and Miracles in Said Nursi and Thomas Aquinas (Routledge, 2025).