CDCF — Catholic Digital Commons Foundation

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News, updates, and reflections from the Catholic Digital Commons Foundation.

child playing with building blocks
·Stephanie Quesnelle

Families Should Also Be Builders

While reading Magnifica Humanitas, I noticed the potential powerful answer of open-source artificial intelligence solutions. Pope Leo XIV rightly recognizes the dangers of singularly-owned, powerful data tools. From this encyclical, the Catholic Digital Commons Foundation should recognize a profound validation of its mission: building transparent, community-governed technology in service of the Church. I read the […]

Nehemiah rebuilding the city
·John R. D'Orazio

Rebuilding the City, not the Tower

Magnifica Humanitas, on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence, and the prophetic establishment of the Catholic Digital Commons Foundation.

digital cathedral
·Andrew DeBerry

Next Steps for CDCF: Communities, Contributions, and Historical Moments Now

The Catholic Digital Commons Foundation launched earlier this year.  Our builders have been active. This goes deeper into next steps, communities you can contribute to, and what this extraordinary moment means for Catholic builders everywhere. Ways to Engage Right Now Contributions to the Commons We are a builder commons, aggregating, vetting, and communalizing open source […]

Welcome to the Catholic Digital Commons Foundation
·John R. D'Orazio

Welcome to the Catholic Digital Commons Foundation

We are excited to launch the Catholic Digital Commons Foundation, a community-driven initiative to build open-source tools for the Catholic Church. Our mission is to foster collaboration among Catholic developers, designers, translators, and digital missionaries to create software that serves the universal Church.