About Magnifica.family
Mission
Magnifica.family helps families create AI system prompts rooted in Catholic Social Doctrine. Our compass tool translates the principles of Pope Leo XIV's encyclical Magnifica Humanitas into practical guidance for how AI should interact with your family.
About the Creator
Built by the Brown family as a personal lay apostolate. We believe families should shape how AI interacts with their children — deliberately, based on timeless principles. Reach us at [email protected].
For feedback or questions, please view our GitHub.
How These Principles Were Extracted
All 13 principles are extracted directly from Magnifica Humanitas with paragraph citations. We encourage families to verify against the original encyclical. This tool applies Catholic Social Doctrine; it does not replace catechesis or pastoral guidance.
How This Helps Your Family
"No computational system, however sophisticated, can create a heart that gives itself, or a conscience that discerns good from evil." — Magnifica Humanitas §233
AI assistants pick up values from their training. A system prompt lets you put your own values on top — clearly, deliberately.
This compass gives you a thoughtful framework rooted in 135 years of Catholic Social Doctrine — your choice, your family's values, ready to help guide the conversation.
Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and other AI assistants.
The Encyclical
Magnifica Humanitas ("On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence") is Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical. It was signed on May 15, 2026 — the 135th anniversary of Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum — and released by the Holy See on May 25, 2026.
Your Privacy
Magnifica.family is designed with your family's privacy in mind:
- No accounts — You don't need to sign up or log in
- No server storage — Your compass is generated entirely in your browser
- No tracking — We don't use analytics or collect any data about your family
- No cookies — The site works without storing anything on your device
When you click "Copy to Clipboard," your compass text goes to your device's clipboard — not to any server. We never see it.
Catholic Social Doctrine in the English-speaking World
Catholic Social Doctrine in the English-speaking world traces its modern arc through Cardinal John Henry Newman's defense of conscience, Dorothy Day's Catholic Worker movement, Thomas Merton's contemplative witness, and the U.S. Bishops' pastoral letters on economic justice (1986), peace (1983), and now on artificial intelligence. Magnifica Humanitas inherits this Anglo-American Catholic discourse: the vocabulary of personal dignity, the common good, and the formation of conscience that has shaped Catholic public engagement from Newman to the present day, now extended into the age of machine intelligence.
The English Edition of Magnifica Humanitas
The Holy See publishes Magnifica Humanitas in English as one of the eight official Vatican translations. The text was released on May 25, 2026, ten days after Pope Leo XIV signed it on the Solemnity of Pentecost, and runs to 234 paragraphs in the English edition.
Credits
Built with care, inspired by Magnifica Humanitas.