Fr. Michael Baggot

Fr. 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). He was recently a Visiting Scholar of the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America. In addition, Baggot is a Research Scholar at the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights, a fellow of the Generations in Dialogue program at the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the University of Southern California, a member of the Scholarly Advisory Board for Magisterium AI, and on the Board of Advisors for the Center for Technology and Human Dignity at Benedictine College. His writings have appeared in the Journal of Ethics and Emerging Technologies, First Things, Studia Bioethica, The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Nova et Vetera, and Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy. He is also a member of the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Ethics and Emerging Technologies and the International Journal of Technoethics. Baggot is the chief editor of the book Enhancement Fit for Humanity: Perspectives on Emerging Technologies (Routledge, 2022) and a contributor to the book Emerging Issues in Catholic Bioethics (Springer, 2026). His media work includes appearances on NBC, ETWN, The Future of Life Institute, PBS, Pints with Aquinas, and on his co-hosted YouTube channel Those Two Priests. Baggot is the chaplain for the EWTN Summer Academy and frequently serves as the chaplain for The Catholic Traveler pilgrimage organization.

His areas of academic specialization and interest include the following themes: Transhumanism and the ethics of emerging technologies; AI at the service of human flourishing (physical, mental, and spiritual well-being); Natural theology in secular societies; The history, art, and theology of Rome; Thomistic virtue-centered approaches to moral and spiritual growth.

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