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The Popes warned us, but we didn’t listen

America's tragic "event horizon" now seems unavoidable, except through prayer By Christopher A. Ferrara *[Note: This essay was written in October before the Election] Liberty Leading the People by Eugene Delacroix Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze The story political modernity tells about itself, which even American “conservatives” view as received [...]

The Holy Spirit or the Spirit of the Times?

An interview with Cardinal Gerhard Müller, a Synod Father and former head of the Vatican's doctrinal office By Matt Gaspers Women were present in large numbers at the October 2024 Synod. One much-discussed question was whether women could be “deaconesses,” because women “deaconesses” were spoken of by St. Paul. However, scholars agree that the role [...]

The Key to Understanding the Synod on Synodality

By Robert Moynihan, drawing on a CNA report by Almudena Martínez-Bordiú The “Synod on Synodality” ended on October 26 without calling for any radical changes in Church doctrine or practice. But the process of the Synod itself is turning out to be the “radical change”  in how the Church governs herself. This change finds its roots [...]

Our Wrestling

St. Paul, writing to the Christians of Ephesus in the mid-1st century (Ephesians 6:12), said “For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood... but against the rulers of the world of this darkness.” Today it is still so...  Monday, August 19, 2024 — Sometimes, the voice of one man may be key to avert [...]

Vatican expert in AI: “Its goodness or evil depends on us”

An interview with Fr. Philip Larrey, PhD, on how Catholics are grappling with the AI explosion By ITV staff Rev. Philip Larrey, Ph.D., held the Chair of Logic and Epistemology at the Pontifical Lateran University in the Vatican for more than 20 years. He now teaches at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at [...]

Pope to G7: Keep AI’s “cognitive-industrial revolution” human

The "techno-human condition" — the human inclination to use tools to mediate our environment — is natural, said Francis, but leaves us vulnerable By Joseph Tulloch (Vatican News) Pope Francis with some of the world’s most powerful political leaders in Italy on June 14 (VATICAN MEDIA/Ag.Romano Siciliani) On the afternoon of Friday, June 14, [...]

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