Category: News
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Meet an Incoming Cardinal Newman Fellow
Lauren Mitchell, alumna of Thomas Aquinas College ‘22, is an incoming student at CatholicTech this fall as a Cardinal Newman Fellow. I grew up in Alabama, but I went to Thomas Aquinas College in California, all the way on the other side of the country. At TAC, there are no defined majors; they offer a…
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Meet the “Millennial Saint” – Blessed Carlo Acutis to be canonized
Carlo Acutis was born to a simple Italian family in London on May 3, 1991. At 3 months old, the Acutis family moved back to Milan, and there Carlo grew up. From an early age, Carlo had a great devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and recited the rosary daily. He made his first Communion…
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Dr. Lílian Santos speaks at Research Event in Mexico
Dr. Lílian Santos, faculty member at CatholicTech, professor of Bioethics at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolurm, and Research Scholar at the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights, recently presented at “Research Land” – the largest clinical research conference in Mexico, organized by APEIC (Asociación de Profesionales Epecialistas en Investigació Clinica A.C.). Dr. Santos presented…
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Professor Negreiros on the “Power and Beauty of Geomagnetic Storms”
You may have heard that the Earth recently underwent a very strong geomagnetic storm, the strongest one in about two decades. Most geomagnetic storms are caused by several eruptions on the sun, known as “coronal mass ejections” (or CME for short). These eruptions are the forceful release of magnetic field lines and solar plasma from…
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Boston and Rome Partnership in Declaration of Intent
Mayors of Rome and Boston have agreed to have a Declaration of Intent, establishing a cultural and economic partnership between the two cities. The goal of this document is to strengthen the already existing bond between the two and increase tourism and trade exchange. In this Declaration of Intent, the cities have outlined commitments to…
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The Compatibility of Faith and Reason: CatholicTech Faculty speak to Students in the Work of the Church
The Pilot – America’s oldest Catholic newspaper – recently published an article on the opening of CatholicTech, featuring our president, Bishop Arthur Kennedy, Prof. Kevin Greenman, and co-founder Alexis Haughey. The two spoke at an informational session in Andover, Massachusetts on the Catholic Institute of Technology. Prof. Greenman, a Ph.D. research fellow at MIT, described…
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Virtual Tour of Catholic Institute of Technology
With great joy and a warm heart, I, Bishop Arthur Kennedy, welcome you to Catholic Institute of Technology. Our mission here is unique and urgent: to train and equip the best and brightest minds to evangelize fields that have increasingly distanced themselves from Christ and His Church. In an era where the sacred and the…
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The Church in the future of AI
The rapid development in artificial intelligence (AI) is making many pause and ask the question: What makes humans different from machines? A group of Catholic clergy is seeking to answer this by closing the common image of division between science and theological tradition. In an interview with Religion News Service, Bishop Paul Tighe, the secretary…
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Pope Francis to participate in G7 session on AI
The Holy See Press Office announced that Pope Frances will participate in the G7 Summit in the Puglia region of Italy that will be focused on AI. The Summit will take place from June 13 to 15. Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, said that she believes the Pope’s presence “will provide a decisive contribution to…
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Putting AI at the Service of the Church: How a Catholic Chatbot could help Evangelization
At the recent forum held by the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome, CatholicTech faculty, including Fr. Michael Baggot and Fr. Philip Larrey, and board member Matthew Sanders, spoke on the potential benefits of AI in the work of the Church’s evangelization. Fr. Baggot spoke at the forum on AI and the Catholic Church, and also…