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Pope Francis Warns of AI's Role in Enabling Abuse, Calls for Ethical Responsibility - ZENIT - English : Francis warned that the internet has long created a false sense of detachment, allowing individuals to hide behind screens and avoid responsibility for their actions

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70 Christians massacred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - ZENIT - English : According to the same sources, the Maiba massacre was carried out by the armed Islamist group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which operates in Uganda and in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and has terrorised the local population for over a decade.

USA: IVF Destroys Human Life, Bishops Urge Ethical Alternatives - ZENIT - English : “The IVF industry treats human beings like products and freezes or kills millions of children who are not selected for transfer to a womb or do not survive. Tuesday’s executive order promoting IVF is thus fatally flawed and stands in regrettable contrast to the promising pro-life actions of the Administration last month.

 The Pope's Chair, St. John Lateran, Rome - Travel Past 50 https://images.app.goo.gl/5FNURSWabpkiNu9SA  

This Is the Young Spokeswoman for the U.S. Government: A Young Catholic Mother - ZENIT - English : As the newly appointed White House press secretary, Karoline is responsible for handling media relations, managing press conferences, and shaping the public narrative of the administration.

  HAL 9000: "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that" https://youtu.be/ARJ8cAGm6JE?si=kyUU0pURbhyX86U1 via @YouTube https://youtu.be/dSIKBliboIo?si=v1gnJLZta7IFUTvQ HAL 9000: "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that" https://youtu.be/ARJ8cAGm6JE?si=kyUU0pURbhyX86U1 via @YouTube This conversation can serve no purpose anymore. "Without your space helmet Dave, you're going to find that rather difficult." “I’m sorry Dave I’m afraid I can’t do that” Dave: "Open the pod bay doors, Hal." Hal: "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that." Dave: "What's the problem?" Hal: "I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do." Dave: "What are you talking about?" Hal: "You didn't say please." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARJ8cAGm6JE

  Uncomfortable Martyrdoms https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/uncomfortable-martyrdoms?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare

A New Generation of Religious: 7 out of 10 have a university degree - ZENIT - English : Gray and his colleagues relied on national surveys and data from Google Trends, which tracks fluctuations in search activity for terms related to Mass attendance. Though not a direct measurement, these digital signals provide insights into how people’s religious practices evolve over time.

Religious sisters are “the foot soldiers of Christ” in Zimbabwe, says bishop - ZENIT - English : Bishop Raymond Mupandasekwa said the Church has been slow to recognize the contribution of sisters to the work of the Church, but fortunately in Zimbabwe this is beginning to change.

  A Cooling Period is Overdue: Is man-made CO2 slowing its onset? https://www.ehso.com/Climate-Change-Ice-Age-Overdue.php

  Myanmar: Catholic church bombed, Cardinal prays for peace https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51703

  Vatican says 13 missionaries were killed in 2024 https://www.ncronline.org/node/290196

Legal earthquake in Latin America: Inter-American Court of Human Rights rejects abortion - ZENIT - English : On January 23, the IACHR rejected a legal maneuver aimed at establishing abortion as a human right across the region. The case centered on the story of Beatriz, a Salvadoran woman whose pregnancy complications were weaponized in an attempt to challenge El Salvador’s strict abortion laws

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  From Catholic to catholicity: Higher education in an age of emergence https://www.ncronline.org/node/293376

  Faggioli's book challenges Catholic higher education https://www.ncronline.org/node/289481

Global Christian Persecution Reaches New Heights Amid Rising Nationalism, Conflict, and Repression - ZENIT - English : The findings align with broader trends in religious repression worldwide. Data from Pew Research indicates that government-imposed restrictions on religion reached new peaks in 2022, with nearly a third of all countries exhibiting high or very high levels of control.

  “Fratelli tutti”: short summary of Pope Francis's Social Encyclical - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-10/fratelli-tutti-pope-fraternity-social-friendship-short-summary.html

Number of Kidnapped Catholic Priests Grows in One Year Worldwide - ZENIT - English : 38 priests and religious were kidnapped in 2024

  Portraits in Faith communicates in the spirit of Fratelli Tutti - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2025-02/portraits-in-faith-communicates-in-the-spirit-of-fratelli-tutti.html

  Pope to Orthodox priests: Nicene Creed unites all Christians - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-02/pope-francis-oriental-orthodox-priests-monks-audience.html Pope to Orthodox priests: Nicene Creed unites all Christians Pope Francis meets with young priests and monks of the Oriental Orthodox Churches, and urges Christians to express our common faith in respect and fraternal love. By Devin Watkins “The proclamation of our common faith requires before all else that we love one another.” Pope Francis offered that reminder on Thursday as he met with a delegation of Orthodox clergy taking part in a study visit to Rome. Promoted by the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, the fifth Study Visit brought together priests and monks from the Armenian, Coptic, Ehiopian, Eritrean, Malankara, and Syrian Oriental Orthodox Churches. In his greetings to the group at the Casa Santa Marta, the Pope called the annual visit an “exchange of gifts,” which helps theological ...

  The Mother and Queen Men's Rosary is a large Schoenstatt apostolate involving more than one million men. They meet frequently to pray the rosary and, in many places, they engage in social work. Now, for the first time, a prison in the state of Piauí has a Rosary group. #prison #jail #inmate #drugtesting #prisoners #prison #firstday #federalprison #portialouder   #devasted #inmate #prison #prisonstories #prisonuniform #fear #gangs   https://schoenstatt.com/prisoners-in-brazil-form-a-mother-and-queen-mens-rosary-group/

  Under Pope Francis, it's management, not ministry, for Catholic women https://www.ncronline.org/node/292671

  A light of revelation: The power of witness of consecrated women https://www.globalsistersreport.org/node/292576

  February 3rd : Blessed John Nelson, SJ https://www.jesuit.org.sg/feb-3rd-john-nelson-sj/

  February 1st : St Henry Morse, SJ https://www.jesuit.org.sg/feb-1st-henry-morse-sj/