Welcome to Magisterium AI

A short tour of the most-used features so you can get faithful answers fast.

Jul 23, 2024

Welcome! Magisterium AI is built to answer questions about Catholic teaching using the world's largest indexed library of magisterial documents and theological works. Here's a quick orientation.

Ask your first question

Type anything in the chat box and press Enter. Try a question like:

  • "What does the Catechism say about prayer?"
  • "Walk me through the parts of the Mass."
  • "Summarize Pope Francis on the dignity of work."

Every answer is grounded in real documents, with References you can open below the response.

A typical Magisterium AI chat answer to the question 'What is grace?' (shown as a chat bubble in the top-right). The body text describes grace as 'God's free gift that brings a person into a new supernatural life' and unpacks Catechism, Baptism, and traditional definitions in bullet points with bold key terms and superscript citation numbers (¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵). Below the answer the action bar shows a 'References' button on the left and a row of round icon buttons (thumbs-up, thumbs-down, copy, share, pin, print, listen) on the right, followed by a 'Related questions' section with suggested follow-ups. The composer at the bottom shows 'Ask follow-up …' with mode and voice controls.
A typical answer with the action bar (References, Listen, Share)

The chat tools (the + button)

Click the + next to the input box to access:

  • Sources — choose Auto (default) or Magisterial (Church teaching only). When Magisterial is selected, you can further narrow down by document type using Filter. Available on every plan.
  • Reason — turn on Reasoning Mode for deeper, slower, more rigorous answers. Pro feature.
  • Canvas — work on a longer document side-by-side with the AI. Pro feature.
  • Learn — generate quizzes and flashcards from your questions. Pro feature.
  • Add files — attach a PDF, image, or document for the AI to read. Pro feature.

Voice and dictation (Pro)

Both controls below are Pro features on the web — Free users see them as Pro and are sent to the Plan page when they click them.

  • The microphone icon dictates your prompt while you speak.
  • The waveform icon starts a real-time spoken conversation in Voice Mode.

Holy Widgets

Open Holy Widgets from the sidebar for daily liturgical tools: today's Mass readings, the saints of the day, the Order of Mass, the Rosary, the Confession Guide, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the Stations of the Cross, and more.

A 'Holy Widgets' popup overlays the chat page with the subtitle 'Review the list of available widgets below. Click or tap the widget to activate it', a search input, an Edit Order button, and a list of widgets including Daily Mass Readings (Tool), Saints of the Day (Tool), Confession Guide (Prayer), Order of Mass (Tool), Latest Catholic News (Tool), Pray the Rosary (Prayer), Immaculate Heart of Mary Novena (Novena), and Pray the Angelus (Prayer).
Holy Widgets popup opened from the chat suggestions strip

Save and revisit

  • Sign in to keep your chat history across devices.
  • Pin any chat (three-dot menu) to keep it at the top of your sidebar.
  • Save documents and bookmark pages you find useful — they live in My Library.

Customize your experience

Open Settings → Personalization from the account sidebar to tell us your diocese, role, and other context so the AI can tailor answers (for example, knowing your liturgical calendar or denomination).

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