Catholic Futurist

Building Magisterium AI: A Catholic Response to ChatGPT

Catholic Futurist Season 1 Episode 2

Secular AI often misunderstands Catholicism. That’s why Matthew Harvey Sanders and his team built Magisterium AI — a chatbot rooted in the Church’s authentic documents, designed to provide faithful answers. 

In this episode of Catholic Futurist, host Benjamin Crockett dives into the story of how it was created, what makes it different from ChatGPT, and how Catholic technology could shape the future — from digitizing archives to “chatting” with AIs of the saints.

  • 01:34 – The Origins of Magisterium AI
  • 13:15 – How a Catholic AI is Different from ChatGPT
  • 24:46 – Digitizing the Church's Hidden Archives
  • 44:51 – The Future: “Chatting” with AIs of the saints 
  • 55:07 – The Church's Vision for the Age of AI