Pope Leo XIV's new encyclical Magnifica Humanitas urges a rethinking of human dignity and incarnational faith amid the rise of AI, calling for spiritual reflection on identity in a digital age. [P]The Vatican also set up a commission to address a $290–$350 million debt at Padre Pio's hospital, a practical move to preserve faith-driven care. Meanwhile, the world is mourning Sonny Rollins at 95, a spiritual-in-sound legacy, and communities from the Black Hills to Summerville are sounding urgent alarms about lost ecological memory and sacred Black womanhood in art (Black Hills, Godbody: The Femme).

Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who says he's 'not religious,' found the Earth-from-space perspective so affecting he sought out a chaplain after splashdown to process the sense of unity known as the overview effect. [P]The moment underscores how encounters with vastness can open spiritual windows for anyone, regardless of prior belief.