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AI, Wisdom, and the Awakening Noosphere

By Ilia Delio | April 26, 2026

When I first started writing on technology and personhood fifteen years ago, very few scholars were reading the signs of the times. Today, discussions and books on AI dominate our attention, ranging across a spectrum from fear to hesitation to cautious integration. Within the Catholic Church, Pope Francis raised early concerns about a technocratic paradigm that risked producing radical economic disparity and “deserts of interior desolation.” The 2025 Note Antiqua et Nova, issued jointly by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Dicastery for Culture and Education—and approved by Francis shortly before his death—continues this line of thinking. Technology is part of humanity’s “collaboration with God in perfecting creation” (para. 37) and can “contribute positively to the...

The Omega Challenge: On Sex, Gender and Personhood

By Ilia Delio | August 20, 2019

The Omega Challenge: In a recent post, Ilia answers questions about Sex, Gender and Personhood. On your own or as a group we invite you to reflect on the following…

On Teilhard and “Teilhard’s Fire” (a song)

By Don Viney | August 12, 2019

Listen to “Teilhard’s Fire” by clicking on the player below Few life stories can match that of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) for drama, passion, and intellectual ferment. The…

An Omega Conference Invitation

By Ilia Delio | July 31, 2019

Dear Friends of the Omega Center, We are in the mist of summer, but time is an arrow that points to the future. Hence, we are now preparing for our…

The Omega Challenge: Immigration, Evolution, and Wholeness

By Ilia Delio | July 29, 2019

The Omega Challenge: In a recent post, Ilia answers questions about Teilhard and white nationalism. On your own or as a group we invite you to reflect on the following…

The Omega Challenge: Consciousness and personal identity

By Ilia Delio | July 20, 2019

The Omega Challenge: In a recent post Ilia answers a question about consciousness and personal identity in the perspective of human immortality. On your own or as a group we…

Evolution is our fundamental reality

By Ilia Delio | July 15, 2019

We are living in the midst of several major crises, including the environment and the institutional church. Does academic theology play a role here as well? Well, yes. As co-creators,…

The Omega Challenge

By Ilia Delio | July 9, 2019

The Omega Challenge: In a recent letter to the Omega community, Ilia challenged us all with questions that center on one big question: Who and What is God? Please read her…

Thank you and Take the Omega Challenge

By Ilia Delio | July 9, 2019

Dear Friends of the Omega Center I want to extend a deep, heartfelt “thank you” to every person who responded to our June donation drive. Your commitment to the Omega…

Theology Needs Radical Revisioning

By Ilia Delio | July 5, 2019

In August 2018, the young Swedish activist Greta Thunberg boldly went on a school strike to oppose climate change and inspired thousands of youth around the world to do the…