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A Letter From Ilia Delio

The Center for Christogenesis is a living testimony to evolution, a developmental process whereby lifeseeks more life. As the late John Henry Cardinal Newman wrote: “To live is to change, and to be perfectis to change often.” As we work toward building the World Institute for Science, Religion and Culture, itmay seem that we are leaving behind Teilhard’s vision of Christogenesis. Nothing could be further fromthe truth. Christogenesis refers to the emerging body of the cosmic Christ, a symbol of what life has thepotential to become. The realization of a christified world depends on how we think, what we do and howwe love. Philosophy and spirituality are intertwined, and without philosophy, theology lacks a basis forfaith seeking understanding. Spirituality, philosophy...
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Educating for Love

The information age has done something remarkable: it has accelerated the generation of ideasand concepts beyond anything our ancestors could have imagined. Whatever your taste, whateveryour question, there is a…

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Evolution, Technology, and the Divine Ground: Teilhard de Chardin as a Resource for Responding to Magnifica Humanitas

Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas arrives at a moment of genuine civilizational urgency. Its concern for human dignity, its alarm at the displacement of labor, its refusal to treat…

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A Body in Transition: From Center to Institute

We are living through a hinge moment in the human story. Artificial intelligence, planetary crisis, and the steady erosion of shared meaning are not three separate emergencies; they are the…

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AI, Wisdom, and the Awakening Noosphere

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…

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Holy Family University to Honor Theologian Ilia Delio

Read Holy Family University’s full announcement here. Holy Family University will grant two honorary Doctors of Humane Letters at its 2026 commencement ceremony on May 16. Sister Ilia Delio, OSF, Ph.D.,…

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A New Name, Our Next Horizon

Dear Friends, In 2016, I launched the Omega Center as an online forum for promoting the vision of Teilhard de Chardin. My aim was simple: write a monthly blog to…

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Truly Human in a Partially Human World

What does it mean to be truly human? Without using philosophical abstractions or complex terminology, I am impelled to reflect on this question, as we celebrate the passion, death and…

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The Logic of Separation: Genocide, War, and the Modern Mind

In my last blog, I discussed the consequences of monotheism with its emphasis on divine ontology and transcendence, the belief that is God is a divine being distinct from us. …

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The Unraveling: How Monotheism Severed Humanity from Its Cosmic Roots

Although countless commentators analyze the crises of our age, I am haunted by a more fundamental question: What conditions have made possible the election of manifestly unfit political leaders across…

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