As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes an ever more common feature of our daily lives, the imperative to prevent abuse of it grows increasingly urgent. In several recent public addresses, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has spoken about the ethical issues surrounding AI, providing much-needed wisdom on this new and still largely unexplored field of human…
Indeed, today so many conversations take place. People talk about politics, economics, food, wars, football, theater performances, concerts, accidents, climate change, and international events. So many words. But little is said about Jesus Christ. Yet, there is nothing more beautiful than speaking of Christ. Two words in the Holy Gospel are particularly significant: “go” and…
Man has always needed silence, but even more so in today’s era of technocracy. It is a fact that we live in a disturbed and noisy environment. As a consequence, the everyday life of people is disrupted by many psycho-social problems, which are exacerbated by idle conversations, materialistic excess, entertainment, and, above all, by uncritical…
We will find happiness when we secretly love all people. It is then that we will feel loved by everyone. No one can reach God without first going through people. Hence, let us love and sacrifice for all unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. It is in this way that one finds harmony. This is…
When I first entered the Church as a child, filled with zeal and longing, I imagined that the people there would be smiling, that the Resurrection of Christ would shine in their eyes, and that their faces, most of all their hearts, would radiate joy. Yes, the cross and pain would be present—I had no…
The harlot loved Christ and sought to meet Him where no sin can touch, nor destroy the light and beauty. There, in the deepest and most virgin part of existence, in the human heart. The harlot showed us that in the heart of a disciple can hide a betrayer, and in the heart of a…
