Pope Leo, Artificial Intelligence, and What it Means to be Human Today

Pope Leo, Artificial Intelligence, and What it Means to be Human Today

In Person & Remote

February 9, 2027
6:30 pm EST - 8:00 pm EST
Location: New Hampshire Institute of Politics

Please join the Center for Ethics as we welcome Michael O'Loughlin '07 for a discussion on Pope Leo XIV's encyclical Magnifica humanitas and what it means to be human in the age of artificial intelligence.

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Meet the Speaker: 

Michael J. O’Loughlin '07 is the CEO and executive editor of the National Catholic Reporter, and the author of “Hidden Mercy: Catholics, AIDS, and Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear,” which is based on the podcast series, “Plague: Untold Stories of AIDS and the Catholic Church.” He is also the author of The Tweetable Pope: A Spiritual Revolution in 140 Characters.

In 2023, Mike was a nominee for the GLAAD Media Awards for his reporting on HIV and AIDS. He has won awards from the Catholic Media Association, the National LGBT Journalists Association, and the Religion News Association.

Before joining NCR in 2026, Mike was the executive director of Outreach, the LGBTQ Catholic organization founded by Father James Martin, S.J.; national correspondent for America: The Jesuit Review; and a former staff writer for The Boston Globe and its Catholic site Crux. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy and the Advocate. He has been interviewed by a number of media outlets, including NPR, The BBC, ABC, CBS, Fox News, and MSNBC. He frequently gives talks on a range of Catholic issues.

He previously served on the board of the Ignatian Spirituality Project.

He lives in Boston.

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