2026 Summer Franciscan Book Club

This series aims to help participants explore the significant moral frameworks we use to develop our principles and practices.

The Grandeur of Humanity and the Challenge of Artificial Intelligence

Rarely does a papal document arrive with both the historical weight and the intellectual precision to genuinely unsettle the age it addresses.

Remaining Human in the Face of AI

On May 25, 2026, Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence.”

Eager to Love

In this interview, Richard Rohr speaks about the 10-year anniversary of his book Eager to Love, on Francis of Assisi as a natural spiritual genius.

The Earth Saint

This volume examines several pivotal moments to identify the historical and historiographical contexts in which the connection between Francis and nature was affirmed.