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  Faith Before Technology - ZENIT - English https://zenit.org/2025/08/26/faith-before-technology/?eti=26789 How should Christians, in light of their faith, think about the recent explosion in the application of artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and other rapidly advancing technologies? This was the question foremost on the minds of many of us who attended First Things’ recent Intellectual Retreat, entitled “Faith in a Technological Age.” Because First Things is most concerned with the heart of the matter, little of the excellent content touched directly on AI itself. Rather, the seminars explored the fundamental question of technology’s role in the biblical concepts of creation, the Fall, nature, and the “now and not yet” of human redemption, through readings that included, inter alia, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Hugh of St. Victor, Bonaventure, Mary Shelley, Martin Heidegger, and C. S. Lewis. At a basic level, technology can be understood as humanity’s application of work up...

  The Doctor Against the Machine https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-doctor-against-the-machine?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare The Doctor Against the Machine The recent elevation of St. John Henry Newman to Doctor of the Church may become a prophetic challenge to the AI-driven educational revolution just over the horizon. Pope Leo XIII, who made the newest Doctor of the Church, St. John Henry Newman, a cardinal in 1879, established the foundation of modern Catholic social teaching in his encyclical Rerum Novarum, which addressed dehumanizing labor conditions in the face of the industrial revolution, unchecked capitalism, and socialism. Pope Leo XIV took the name Leo as a way to follow in these footsteps—not due to the threat of industrialization but of artificial intelligence. One of his most recent acts was, of course, the elevation of Newman to Doctor of the Church.  While each Leo honored Newman in distinct ways, both recognized in h...

 Praying for the Conversion of a Loved One? Turn to Saint Monica's Powerful Intercession https://www.churchpop.com/praying-for-the-conversion-of-a-loved-one-turn-to-saint-monicas-powerful-intercession/

 https://www.catholicconnect.in/news/245-violent-attacks-on-christians-in-india-reported-in-the-past-120-days https://www.catholicconnect.in/news/245-violent-attacks-on-christians-in-india-reported-in-the-past-120-days

Analysis shows that almost a third of Generation Z does not exist due to abortion - ZENIT - English : The revelation that nearly one-third of an entire generation is missing from the country’s demographic story ensures that abortion will remain not just a policy dispute, but a defining question of America’s cultural identity

The Body of Christ - 1 Corinthians 12 - 3rd Sunday of Epiphany https://youtu.be/_fu8Lplvizc?si=Lj9e4VmaSCHjOAjk St. Paul, in his letter to the Corinthians, uses the analogy of a human body to describe the Church as the Body of Christ, a unified whole with diverse, interdependent members. He explains that just as a physical body has many different parts with distinct functions (like eyes and hands), the Church has many different members, each with unique spiritual gifts and roles. These different parts, or members, are not separate entities but are all united into one single body, with Christ as the head, functioning for the common good and the glory of God. Key Concepts from St. Paul's Teaching One Body, Many Parts: The core idea is that although there are many different people in the Church, they are all part of one unified "Body of Christ".  Interdependence: Just as a hand needs the eye and the head needs the feet, each member of the Body of Christ is necessary and can...

  Harvard physicist says mysterious interstellar object could be nuclear-powered spaceship https://www.foxnews.com/tech/harvard-physicist-says-mysterious-interstellar-object-could-nuclear-powered-spaceship #FoxNews

  Opening Hymn of Compline at Mt.Saviour Monastery https://youtu.be/V5gXyTSY_xI?si=aPK8o9WCMsiITMo2

  'The Very Necessary Minimum': The Forgotten 'Precepts of the Church' https://www.churchpop.com/the-very-necessary-minimum-the-forgotten-precepts-of-the-church/ What are the basic requirements of being a practicing Catholic? An important part of the answer lies in what are known as the  Precepts of the Church . Unfortunately, many Catholics are unaware of them, let alone conscientiously trying to follow them. This is unfortunate, because observing these precepts would likely improve the spiritual lives of many Catholics. The  Catechism of the Catholic Church  lists five precepts (CCC 2041–2043), which are explained below. Some  older catechisms  included a sixth, requiring Catholics to follow the Church’s laws on marriage. That remains a requirement today, but this article will focus only on the five listed in the Catechism. It is important to note that these precepts do not encompass the whole of the Christian life. So why does the Church have these prec...

  Prayer to Mary, Queen of Heaven by Pope Pius XII https://www.mdrevelation.org/prayer-to-mary-queen-of-heaven-by-pope-pius-xii/

The Battle of Vienna – 11 September 1683  https://www.mdrevelation.org/the-battle-of-vienna-11-september-1683/

  Martyred Australian Nun Could Be Headed For Sainthood! #shorts https://youtube.com/shorts/5Li4Dh6vB9Q?si=MQGnWfzRFkJ3Pe6N

China: Laboratory claims to be on the verge of launching robots with uteruses to give birth to babies - ZENIT - English : Dr. Zhang Qifeng, founder of Kaiwa Technology, has described the project as “mature” and commercially ready, with prototypes expected to sell for around US$14,000 in the coming year (ZENIT News / Beijing, 08.20.2025).- The prospect of artificial wombs housed inside humanoid robots is no longer confined to the realm of speculative fiction. In China, a biotechnology firm claims it is on the verge of marketing such machines, designed to carry human embryos from conception to delivery. The announcement has ignited both fascination and unease, reopening debates on the meaning of parenthood, the boundaries of science, and the fragile line between innovation and hubris. Dr. Zhang Qifeng, founder of Kaiwa Technology, has described the project as “mature” and commercially ready, with prototypes expected to sell for around US$14,000 in the coming year. The device would functi...

Nicaraguan dictatorship attacks the Church once again and expropriates school owned by nuns - ZENIT - English : After a government decree, the school has been renamed the “Bismarck Martínez Educational Center,” in honor of a Sandinista militant killed during the 2018 anti-government protests

Research reveals that 270 million human beings have died because of in vitro fertilization - ZENIT - English : A recent academic analysis, published in the journal "Fertility and Sterility", has brought fresh attention to this ethical fault line. It estimates that for every child born through IVF, many more embryos — each a distinct human life in the earliest stage — are eliminated. Conservative projections suggest that since 1978, the number of embryos lost directly through IVF procedures could exceed 270 million

Mob of Hindu extremists attack priests, nuns, and catechists in India - ZENIT - English : This violence, the bishops argue in their August 8 statement, is part of “a disturbing pattern of hostility toward the Christian minority in India.” They call it “a blatant violation of constitutional rights and human dignity” and urge Odisha’s government to swiftly prosecute the perpetrators

Islam kills: 32 people are murdered every day in Nigeria just for being Christians, according to new research - ZENIT - English : The report, released on August 10, attributes the violence to roughly 22 jihadist factions embedded across the country. Their stated aim, according to Intersociety’s chairman Emeka Umeagbalasi, is nothing less than the eradication of Christianity from Nigeria within the next half-century—a chilling ambition reminiscent of the 19th-century Fulani jihad that forged the Sokoto Caliphate

There is a battle going on right now and it has been going on since the fall of Adam. The battle going on now is between the retention of Catholic morals, tradition, and authority on the one side, and the active effort to destroy them on the other.  The battle  is between the Church and the anti-Church  the Church of God and anti-God the Church of Christ and anti-Christ. Being Atheist, it is characteristic of the advancing wave that repudiates the human reason.. The great Modern Attack is indifferent to self-contradiction. It merely affirms. It advances like an animal, counting on strength alone. The Modern Attack in its main character, materialist and atheist and being atheist it is necessarily indifferent to truth. For God is Truth. Therefore with the advance of this new and terrible enemy against the Faith and the civilization which the Faith produces, there is coming not only a contempt for beauty but a hatred of it; and immediately upon the heels of this there appear...

  Dear brother, Leo XIV, can the church stand in Gaza's hunger line? https://www.globalsistersreport.org/node/308236