To say that #PopeLeo is "progressive" for his standing up to Trump is to mock the meaning of the word. The #CatholicChurch remains a fundamentally regressive institution, opposed to the rights of women, queer and trans people.

But I will give the author of this article props for writing (near the end): "any poll will show that rule by atheists would make America a more humane place than it is at present."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/26/pope-leo-trump-hegseth-christianity

Pope Leo XIV signals no new ground for LGBTQ+ Catholics

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/religion/pope-leo-disappoints-lgbtq-catholics

The Atlantic | Why Silicon Valley Is Turning to the Catholic Church by Elias Wachtel

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Silicon Valley’s leading technologists have been meeting annually with Catholic leaders in Rome’s Minerva Dialogues, a collaboration that began in 2016 and aims to shape AI ethics from a theological perspective. For tech executives, the partnership offers a way to restore public trust by showing they take moral concerns seriously, while the Church sees an opportunity to regain moral authority and influence billions of Catholics by offering its long‑standing teachings on human dignity, the body, and the ethical limits of technology. Catholic thinkers are now influencing AI developers—such as Anthropic’s Claude model—to embed values like mercy and responsibility, reframing technical problems as theological ones. Both sides recognize the alliance’s risks and the cultural oddness of the pairing, but they continue because each believes the other can benefit: Silicon Valley gains ethical guidance and legitimacy, and the Vatican gains relevance in a rapidly changing world.

Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/silicon-valley-catholicism-ai-leo/686948/?utm_source=feed

#SiliconValley #CatholicChurch #Vatican #ReidHoffman #SamAltman #ChrisOlah