Father Michael Baggot

Father Michael Baggot

Father Michael Baggot is an Associate Professor of Bioethics at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum and an Invited Professor of Theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (the Angelicum) and the Catholic Institute of Technology. He is currently a Visiting Scholar of the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America. His writings have appeared in First Things, Studia Bioethica, The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Nova et Vetera, and Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy. He is the chief editor of and a contributor to the book Enhancement Fit for Humanity: Perspectives on Emerging Technologies (Routledge, 2022).

Articles by Father Michael Baggot

CNA explains: How should we approach AI companionship?

Oct 22, 2025 / 06:00 am

Tech companies are offering increasingly realistic and immersive forms of AI-based life coaching, friendship, and romance through AI companions.

CNA explains: What is transhumanism?

Sep 29, 2025 / 07:00 am

What exactly is transhumanism, and how does the Church approach it?