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I'm very surprised there is no monk order focusing on technology and programming, in a similar vein to how these guys do a lot of building. There is no reason that Catholic church shouldn't have its own holy Linux distro, social media site, streaming site, etc...
Straight out of Stephensons' "Anathem". Highly recommended read if you are eager for ~800 pages of kickass technoscientific monks saving the world.
Tolkien portrayed the Church as Ents for a reason. Had they started any of these, AI would have made the effort possibly wasted. All of this tech stuff is day one for the oldest organization in history.