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WATCH! Integrity Podcast Exposes Troubling Aspects of Magnifica Humanitas Encyclical, by Stephen Kokx – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

WATCH! Integrity Podcast Exposes Troubling Aspects of Magnifica Humanitas Encyclical, by Stephen Kokx

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Screenshot. By Stephen Kokx, Integrity, May 27, 2026

By Stephen Kokx, Integrity Magazine, May 27, 2026

Stephen Kokx is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Integrity Magazine. A former community college instructor, he has written and spoken extensively about Catholic social teaching, politics, and spirituality. He previously worked for the Archdiocese of Chicago and LifeSiteNews. His essays have appeared on a variety of Catholic media outlets, including his Kokx News Substack. …

Integrity will continue to provide analysis on Magnifica Humanitas in the coming days.

 

The encyclical’s exaltation of the dignity of man wars against Church teaching on the subject.

68On Tuesday, May 26, Integrity senior writer Riaan Van Zyl and podcaster The Catholic Esquire appeared on the Integrity Magazine podcast to discuss Leo’s deeply problematic encyclical Magnifica Humanitas.

Earlier this week, Riaan wrote an essay about the document titled, “Vatican II’s religion of man on full display in Leo’s AI encyclical.” It has quickly become Integrity’s most-viewed essay published over the last seven days.

Riaan’s main observation is this that the letter “continues — and in several places intensifies — the post-conciliar trajectory of anthropocentrism, religious liberalism, and global managerialism that has displaced the older Catholic understanding of Christendom, kingship, and the social reign of Christ.” …

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