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Baptized behind bars: Matthew 25 and the work of accompanying incarcerated people
On July 26, two men at a maximum-security penitentiary in Campo Grande, Brazil received baptism, Eucharist, and confirmation after two years of catechesis. Their story opens a practical question: what does Matthew 25's mandate to visit the imprisoned require, and how can Catholics support both prison ministry and the difficult transition back to public life?

When the Machine Pulls the Trigger: Conscience, Distance, and the Church's Case Against Autonomous Weapons

Pope Leo XIV's 2026 encyclical *Magnifica Humanitas* declares it 'not permissible to entrust lethal or otherwise irreversible decisions to artificial systems.' The argument is not merely technical but anthropological: autonomous weapons complete a long trajectory of moral distancing that removes the human will from the moment of execution entirely. The Catholic tradition insists that a conscience, not an algorithm, must bear the weight of lethal force.

Aug 11, 2026 · 5 min read

In primo piano

hope
Baptized behind bars: Matthew 25 and the work of accompanying incarcerated people
On July 26, two men at a maximum-security penitentiary in Campo Grande, Brazil received baptism, Eucharist, and confirmation after two years of catechesis. Their story opens a practical question: what does Matthew 25's mandate to visit the imprisoned require, and how can Catholics support both prison ministry and the difficult transition back to public life?

In primo piano

Baptized behind bars: Matthew 25 and the work of accompanying incarcerated people

When the Machine Pulls the Trigger: Conscience, Distance, and the Church's Case Against Autonomous Weapons

In primo piano

Baptized behind bars: Matthew 25 and the work of accompanying incarcerated people