The Problem with Catholic AI

The Problem with Catholic AI

From St. Anthony's Tongue by St. Anthony's Tongue

May 27, 2026 · 51 min

About this episode

This episode discusses the implications of Catholic AI and the need for transparency and accountability in its development and use.

Catholic AI is here. But Catholic AI companies need to answer some serious questions. In this episode, I respond to Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on artificial intelligence and ask what Catholic AI companies owe the faithful in terms of transparency, accountability, data privacy, theological review, environmental impact, and moral responsibility. What model powers your Catholic AI? Is it using OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or another major LLM? Where do user prompts go? Who reviews the theology? What happens when someone asks about mortal sin, confession, scrupulosity, sexuality, grief, or despair? And if a company markets itself as a Catholic alternative to “secular AI,” shouldn’t Catholics know what is actually under the hood? This episode is a call for greater transparency. And to stop treating the faith like a religious answer machine, and start living it as an incarnational encounter with the living Christ. Support my work: Patreon.com/AnthonysTongue Buy a Zine: stanthonystongue.com/margins

People in this episode

Host: St. Anthony's Tongue

Topics covered

  • artificial intelligence
  • Catholicism
  • transparency
  • accountability
  • data privacy
  • theological review
  • moral responsibility

Keywords

  • Catholic AI
  • transparency
  • artificial intelligence
  • data privacy
  • theology
  • moral responsibility
  • Pope Leo XIV

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Catholic AI

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