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After 50 years, rumors of God’s death still greatly exaggerated
It hit like the proverbial ton of bricks: the Time magazine cover story of April 8, 1966 -- Good Friday that year -- asking, "Is God Dead?" The tenor of the times made it a plausible question.
Rise of AI challenges what it means to be human
The information revolution poses ethical questions that humans are just beginning to raise in concert with rapid developments in artificial intelligence, known as AI, in which machines can "think" on their own.
Denver archbishop leads 1,800 in procession around Planned Parenthood
On the morning of March 5, the procession went seven times around the abortion clinic, essentially surrounding the facility with silent prayer for over an hour.
Oregon priest known for calligraphy dies; had taught art to Steve Jobs
"I do things that inspire me in the hope that they may inspire someone else," the priest told the Catholic Sentinel in 2011.
Catholic silence on involvement in Middle East called ‘massive failure’
"What is troubling," said San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy, "is all three recent popes were clearly opposed to the wars, yet at no level in the Catholic community was there any major opposition or sustained witness."
Pastors find options to help coax people back to sacrament of reconciliation
"If you go to a holy Mass and you want to receive (the Eucharist) and you know there is a sin that prevents you from receiving holy Communion, we make it available before holy Mass so the person actually can receive."
Students’ speaking invitation to Planned Parenthood CEO draws criticism
In a statement, the archdiocese said the issue is not about free speech because "lacking in this choice by the student group is any reflection of what should be an environment of morality, ethics and human decency that one expects on a campus that asserts its Jesuit and Catholic history and identity."
USCCB, other faith groups file Supreme Court brief in immigration case
Immigration guidelines that defer the deportation of millions of people provide "substantial humanitarian benefits" and should be permitted to stand, said the brief filed by the U.S. bishops and 24 other faith-based organizations.
New report details genocide by Islamic State against Christians, minorities
The 278-page document urges the U.S. State Department to declare as genocide the murders, torture and rapes against religious and ethnic minorities committed by the Islamic militants in the Middle East and North Africa.
Panel: In public discourse, state your case, don’t demonize ‘the other’
Cathleen Kaveny said public discussion of contentious topics such as abortion and torture often pits deliberative, fact-based arguments against those that condemn and call for repentance and reform.