Megan Marley

Catholic social media geek in a love-hate relationship with the Internet | @OSVNews Digital Editor | Words are my own, but I don’t say much.

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Last night, Madrid’s famous Bernabéu soccer stadium, normally packed with fans of the @realmadrid football club, roared with cheers and songs of praise to the Lord as 80,000 Catholics prayed together with Pope Leo XIV.

In an unscripted moment at the start of the evening of testimony, music and prayer, @Pontifex joked, “I think that for a player, scoring a goal in this stadium is a major milestone in life. But … today, the Church in Madrid scored an amazing goal that will go down in history!”

The evening event in Bernabéu stadium was the final public engagement of the Madrid leg of the pope’s seven-day apostolic journey to Spain.
https://t.co/LEI03i3e6W

🎥: @catholicourtney #popeleoxiv #madrid #realmadrid #papaleónxiv #conelpapa

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"Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together."

"Magnifica Humanitas," Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, signed May 15, 2026, has been officially released.

The lengthy and wide-ranging papal document is divided into five chapters and touches on wide ranging issues related to AI, including the prospect of massive unemployment, the future of education, the protection of human freedom, excessive screen time for young people, cryptocurrencies, economic disparities, transhumanism, cyberattacks and the application of Catholic Social Doctrine principles.

Read a full overview by @catholicourtney at https://t.co/FIDmbXhiDU
#popeleoxiv #magnificahumanitas #artificialintelligence #ai

[Courtney Mares @catholicourtney]

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV published his landmark encyclical on artificial intelligence "Magnifica Humanitas,” comparing the attempt to build an AI future that excludes God to the "Tower of Babel" and underlining the need to safeguard human dignity as it is "threatened by new forms of dehumanization."

"The risk of dehumanization -- of building a future that excludes God and reduces the other to a means -- is an ancient and ever-new temptation that today takes on a technical guise," Pope Leo said.

"In the era of artificial intelligence, when human dignity is threatened by new forms of dehumanization, ours is the pressing duty to remain profoundly human. We must lovingly safeguard the grandeur of humanity bestowed upon us and revealed in its fullness in Christ, the splendor of which no machine can ever replace.”

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From warnings against using algorithms to 'optimize' violence to calls to evangelize the digital continent, here are ten quotes you should know from Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical: "Magnifica Humanitas"

Read the full list: https://t.co/AYsIoYcyLw

#magnificahumanitas #ai #artificialintelligence #popeleoxiv

[Megan Marley @mnmarley]

@catholicourtney Love it!

[Fr. Paul @BackwardsFeet]

new @Pontifex reaction image just dropped

[Megan Marley @mnmarley]

Fr. Daren died this morning, following a stroke.
May you enter his gates with thanksgiving and see the face of God, padre.

[Fr. Daren J. Zehnle @DarenZehnle]

I need to get back to Manoppello to see the Face of God…

[Megan Marley @mnmarley]

@jdflynn Pretty sure I saw one of their ads a while back where it struck out a higher number and put in a lower number, which made no sense for an ad. But it did make me pause to look at it!

[Megan Marley @mnmarley]

“AI can’t replace the unique gift that you are to the world.”
Pope Leo dropping some truths at #NCYC on how AI can’t replace human intelligence, or ever stand in wonder at the beauty of God’s creation.

[Megan Marley @mnmarley]

“Technology can really help us in many ways, including in living our Christian faith…(but) technology can never replace real, in-person relationships—a hug, a handshake, a smile.”
“Make sure technology serves your life and not the other way around.”
— Pope Leo at #NCYC

[Megan Marley @mnmarley]

@RaymondArroyo Yet EWTN’s news outlet is also there to cover. Catholic media should play a role as watchdog and I will not relinquish that.

[Megan Marley @mnmarley]

@OSVNews 👀 @AscensionPress

[Megan Marley @mnmarley]

GoFundMe—which charges a payment processing fee and 30¢ per donation AND ALSO is soliciting an additional tip for itself—is creating donation pages for nonprofits without their knowledge. @USCCB, dioceses and nonprofits take note.

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San Antonio Archdiocese, Catholic groups push back at auto-generated GoFundMe pages
https://t.co/jxTzzCRwT2

[Megan Marley @mnmarley]

He got the card! 🎂

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Remember that spiritual bouquet of more than 2 million prayers and works we collected for Pope Leo XIV's 70th birthday? Our editor-in-chief @GretchenOSV met with the pope this week to give him a physical copy in person.
📸: Vatican Media

[Megan Marley @mnmarley]

“Dilexi Te” is a short read—here’s hoping for more short, digestible papal documents in the future.

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Here are nine things to know about Pope Leo XIV‘s first apostolic exhortation “Dilexi Te” (“I have loved you”), which was promulgated today: https://t.co/yXi3E5zijn

[Megan Marley @mnmarley]

It’s wild that my brainchild gathered so many prayers for @Pontifex — it’s just a small representative of the prayer I’m sure envelopes him every day. 🙏

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Pope Leo XIV turned 70 on Sept. 14, and more than 2 million prayers and works from 72 countries around the world were offered for him for the occasion, making up one very special "spiritual birthday bouquet" of prayer, love and support.
https://t.co/6lmPOmI8gG

[Megan Marley @mnmarley]

@chadwifeyeet I started a spiritual bouquet for Bob, if you want to add to it—sending it tomorrow ‘cause the post office is closed on Sundays.
https://t.co/UYMVKNP7HQ

[Megan Marley @mnmarley]

Saw the Jayhawks flag, now wondering who from the St. Lawrence Center at @UnivOfKansas was in Rome today for the canonization of Acutis and Frassati…

[Megan Marley @mnmarley]

@TheAnchoress You have been, and continue to be, in our family prayers 🙏

[Megan Marley @mnmarley]

We’re collecting prayers for the pope, y’all.

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As Pope Leo XIV’s 70th birthday approaches September 14, we’re offering him the gift of prayer and grabbing a slice of pizza in his honor.

Add your prayers to the spiritual bouquet of prayer ↓
https://t.co/tpYyAsaBqk