Spring 2026: Spiritual Statistics, New Document Sources, A2A, and More
Happy Easter! We're thrilled to share some of the most significant updates in Magisterium AI's history — new data layers, new document sources, new ways to connect, and new tools for the whole Church.
Before diving in, a word from our CEO, Matthew Harvey Sanders:
This feature and data drop is historic, in my opinion.
Like many of you, for years I've wanted to find a way to make not just what the Church has said universally available, but also facts that speak to how the Church is doing.
Our heroic clergy and religious sacrifice for us every day, and too often they're abandoned to evangelize, govern, and serve alone. It's time for the laity to stand back up and re-commit ourselves to serving God's Church and her mission.
We felt, at Longbeard, one way we could support this process is by exploring ways to make the current state of the Church clearer, so each of us could discern how our time and gifts could be offered to help serve the Church.
Many of the updates we're sharing are our first attempts to make a contribution in this area. We hope they will be helpful and foster an ongoing dialogue amongst the laity on how we can do more.
All of the data we've brought together is also available through API, MCP, and A2A so your personal agents or your organization's own products and apps can also benefit from it directly.
One final note and appeal. We're committed to ensuring that anyone in the world can access the patrimony of the Church regardless of their means, but running Magisterium AI is becoming an increasingly financial challenge as it scales. We're serving over a million users in 190 countries. In order for us to continue to make it free for those who can't afford our $3.99/mo Pro plan, we need more of you to step up and upgrade to Pro. If you value this project and want it to continue to help people on their journeys, please support us.
Thank you for prayerfully considering and God bless you all.
— Matthew Harvey Sanders, CEO
Spiritual Statistics by Diocese and Country
Curious to know how your diocese or country has been doing spiritually? Magisterium AI now has rich, current and historical spiritual statistics on nearly every diocese and country in the world. You can even do comparisons.
Diocesan Financial Records
Official and publicly available financial records for dioceses around the world are now organized and searchable for the first time, providing an unprecedented level of transparency and access into the financial health of the global Church. We're continuing to grow the dataset.
Ecclesiastical Directory
Magisterium AI now has access to a directory with over 20,000 entries, providing deep context on the Catholic Church's global footprint — including dioceses, bishops, cathedrals, basilicas, and major historical events like conclaves. We also recommend the Annuario Pontificio website of the Holy See.
Saints Database
A structured, contextual database of over 12,000 canonized, beatified, venerable, and martyrs spanning the Catholic Church's history, giving Magisterium AI unparalleled factual grounding and contextual insight.
Connectors for Claude & ChatGPT
Our new MCP connectors bring Magisterium AI's verified, source-grounded Catholic knowledge base directly into Claude and ChatGPT. Ask questions in your favorite AI assistant and get answers backed by over 31,000 Church documents. More connectors coming soon!
A2A Protocol — Google Gemini
AI agents, like Google Gemini, can now more easily interact with Magisterium AI's knowledge base directly through the open A2A (Agent-to-Agent) protocol. Just ask your agent to connect!
Acta Apostolicae Sedis
The Acta Apostolicae Sedis, the Holy See's official gazette recording papal documents, decrees, and official acts, is now fully searchable across its entire published history.
Magnum Bullarium Romanum
Centuries of official papal bulls recorded in the Magnum Bullarium Romanum are now fully accessible, spanning the pontificate of Pope Leo the Great (440) through Pope Benedict XIV (1740).
Multilingual Mass Readings
Scripture for Mass is now supported in 14 languages — English, Latin, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Malayalam, Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean, and Chinese (Modern and Traditional).
Document Reader
The growing source library is now directly accessible — so in addition to reading sources when they're used to generate an answer, you can read them directly. For any document in the source library, you can:
- Read the entirety of the document
- Chat directly with the document to unlock deeper insights
- Have the document dictated in more than 40 languages
Thinking Mode Upgraded
With the updated Thinking Mode (formerly Reason Mode), you can generate extensive research reports with unprecedented access to documents spanning the 2,000-year history of the Church.
Citations
Generate academic-grade, Chicago-style citations right within Magisterium AI to enhance your academic writing.
Search API
Engage directly with over 31,000 curated magisterial and scholarly works in our source library, returning texts based on a query.
Diocesan Package
This brand-new offering gives dioceses around the world the opportunity to leverage Catholic AI. The package is highlighted by Pastoral Intelligence — a first-of-its-kind opportunity for dioceses to study aggregated, anonymous insights from the use of Magisterium AI to better meet the needs of the local Church. The best part: when dioceses that can afford it step up to pay, they're sponsoring dioceses that can't.
Affiliate Program
Organizations and content creators receive a Magisterium AI Pro discount code to offer their followers, and earn a kickback for every upgrade to Pro. Support Magisterium AI and your own ministry at the same time!
Now Available on Android and iOS
The app delivers the same powerful features you rely on, optimized for your phone.
* The datasets and features described above are all live in the web-based version of Magisterium AI. The app already has access to the new and expanded datasets, but many of the above visualization features will be rolled out via app update in May.
Verso l'alto,
The Longbeard Team