Sources
Approved Sources
Saint Seville is an approved sources only system. It answers from the documents listed here and does not search the open web. The categories below describe the approved corpus. A few real, verified links are shown as examples. The full corpus is versioned and grows over time under Paul's review.
This is a closed, reviewed set of sources. If a document is not on the approved list, Saint Seville will not use it. That is by design, so answers stay tied to primary Church texts. You can also take the controls yourself: the advanced search lets you rule any source in or out before you ask.
Vatican primary documents
Fundamental texts of the faith and the official teaching of the Holy See, hosted on vatican.va.
Fundamental texts
The core reference documents of Catholic doctrine and Church law.
- Catechism of the Catholic Church · vatican.va/archive/ccc
- Code of Canon Law · vatican.va/archive/cdc
- Ecumenical Councils, including the Second Vatican Council · vatican.va/archive/hist_councils
- Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church · vatican.va (Justice and Peace, 2006)
Encyclicals and apostolic exhortations
Primary papal teaching documents across the modern popes.
- Magnifica Humanitas (Leo XIV, 2026) · vatican.va
- Fides et Ratio (John Paul II, 1998) · vatican.va
- Laudato Si' (Francis, 2015) · vatican.va
- Rerum Novarum (Leo XIII, 1891) · vatican.va
Catholic-and-AI source documents
Official Church documents and initiatives on artificial intelligence and the human person. These are primary or official texts, not opinion pieces or news reports.
Magisterial and doctrinal documents on AI
- Magnifica Humanitas (Leo XIV, 2026) · vatican.va
- Antiqua et Nova, Note on Artificial Intelligence and Human Intelligence (DDF and Dicastery for Culture and Education, 2025) · vatican.va
The Rome Call for AI Ethics
The Rome Call for AI Ethics, run by the RenAIssance Foundation registered in Vatican City.
- Rome Call home · romecall.org
- The Call, text and principles · romecall.org/the-call
Vatican bodies working on AI
- Pontifical Academy for Life · academyforlife.va
- Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development · humandevelopment.va
Indexed commentary
Alongside the approved corpus, Saint Seville indexes serious commentary and scholarship about AI from the Catholic intellectual world: philosophers, journals, and journalists engaging the same questions. These entries are a separate layer with different rules. They are described and linked, never quoted as Church teaching, and the click always goes to the publisher. Grown weekly under review.
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Publications and authors we watch
New AI writing from these publications and authors is reviewed for indexing: the National Catholic Register, The Lamp, First Things, and Vatican News, along with authors such as Joshua Hochschild (Mount St. Mary's University). Suggestions are welcome through the about page.
The categories above are the curated view, with examples. The section below is the second layer: the complete corpus, listed in full.
The complete approved corpus
Every document currently in the live search index, with the number of indexed passages drawn from each. This list is generated from the search index itself, so it is always the whole corpus and never a sample. Every answer cites one of these documents.
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