Phil J

Catholic Dad of 4. Comms/Policy/Writing for work. Runner when I have the time. Chair of Governors for a Catholic primary.

[Phil J @PhilJC2]

Congratulations to everyone who campaigned to defeat the Scottish Assisted Suicide bill - what a fantastic victory.

[Phil J @PhilJC2]

@JoshPhillipsPhD Thank you. I’ve always struggled with Shakespeare, so will have to give this a shot

[Phil J @PhilJC2]

Love this. It’s what I term “extreme subsidiarity” and we need more of it.

[Phil J @PhilJC2]

This is a good appointment

[Colm Flynn @colmflynnire]

Montse was my direct boss for the past four years and green-lit my documentaries from places including Iraq, Mongolia, South Sudan, Papua New Guinea, Algeria, Lebanon, and Turkey. Under Montse, we covered everything from the reopening of Notre Dame in Paris to scandals at the Vatican Bank, produced long-form interviews for both online and TV, and so much more. I will miss her at EWTN, but I think this is a fantastic appointment!

[Phil J @PhilJC2]

For all the cynics of the Pope’s AI encyclical it seems to have cut through into public debate - this tweet for example has 14m impressions

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom. #MagnificaHumanitas

[Phil J @PhilJC2]

@Emma_A_Webb

[Phil J @PhilJC2]

@upshine3 Wait, doesn’t everyone do this?

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Connecting young people to digital networks serves no purpose if they remain disconnected from themselves, others, and their own interiority. We must help young people rediscover silence, reflection, the ability to ask questions, the depth of relationships, and openness to transcendence. To listen to the soul, we must lend an ear, because the soul's voice is not a shout, but a whisper.

[Phil J @PhilJC2]

@holysmoke Correct take

[Phil J @PhilJC2]

@militansmariae Didn’t you join them for a bit?

[Phil J @PhilJC2]

@clarejtbirch Love it thanks!

[Phil J @PhilJC2]

@ChivalryGuild @OwenEdwards People should visit Puy du Fou

[Phil J @PhilJC2]

@paulsaladinomd Can highly recommend November Early Harvest Olive Oil

[Phil J @PhilJC2]

@fortelabs Use this as an opportunity to develop those things - it’s not too late

[Phil J @PhilJC2]

Good to see the right to life reiterated firmly in Pope Leo’s first encyclical.

[Diane Montagna @dianemontagna]

JUST IN: Vatican releases Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on safeguarding the human person in the time of AI. https://t.co/6Zn5OMJvdn

On Transhumanism and Posthumanism, Pope Leo XIV writes:

“If the human being is treated as something to be perfected or surpassed, it becomes easier to accept that some lives are less useful, less desirable or less worthy. In the name of progress, ‘necessary sacrifices’ may begin to be justified, placing the burden on the most vulnerable in pursuit of a supposed optimization of the species. … For this reason, a clear distinction must be made. It is one thing to integrate technology within a human-centered, relational vision; it is quite another to be guided by an outlook that devalues human limits and promises a purely technical form of ‘salvation.’”

Read the encyclical here: https://t.co/6Zn5OMJvdn

[Phil J @PhilJC2]

Nice we’re back to a Whitsun (Pentecost) Bank Holiday in England this year rather than a random second bank holiday at the end of May.

[Phil J @PhilJC2]

@NickDixon Incredible patience from his son there

[Sachin Jose @Sachinettiyil]

Catholic seminarians fill the streets of Paris as they arrive for the Chartres pilgrimage.

Video: Matthieu Raffray

[Phil J @PhilJC2]

@militansmariae Praying

[Phil J @PhilJC2]

@GBInvestor1990 What age did you start?

[Phil J @PhilJC2]

@normonics Agreed