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Robots and AI: Papal academy decodes newest pro-life challenges
While the academy's focus is on the protection of human life and dignity, robotics and artificial intelligence are having an ever-increasing impact on human lives, relationships, communities and creation.
Ireland agrees to reassess claims of workers in Magdalene laundries
Women who worked in Ireland's "Magdalene laundries" but were denied compensation under the state's Magdalene Restorative Justice program have won their long-running battle to have their applications reassessed.
Prayer involves recognizing self as God’s beloved child, pope says
Christians are not better than other people, but they do know that God is their father and they are called "to reflect a ray of his goodness in this world thirsting for goodness, waiting for good news," Pope Francis said.
Details published on Vatican delaying USCCB vote on abuse provisions
The surprising news in November that the Vatican had asked U.S. bishops not to vote on several proposals for responding to the sexual abuse crisis was motivated by a lack of time given the Vatican to study the proposals and potential conflicts with church law.
Pope prays for new year marked by tenderness, brotherhood, peace
A new year is a chance for a new start, a time to remember that all people are brothers and sisters and a time to nurture amazement that God became human to save all people, Pope Francis said.
Time passes, but God’s love endures, pope says as 2018 ends
The end of one year and beginning of next naturally leads people to think about the passing of time and about love, which gives time -- and everything else -- real meaning, Pope Francis said.
Defuse family fights by remembering the good in the other, pope says
Celebrating the feast of the Holy Family Dec. 30, the pope led a round of applause for all the families that were among an estimated 50,000 people gathered in St. Peter's Square for the noon recitation of the Angelus prayer and to see the Vatican's sand Nativity scene.
Churches damaged in Sicily quake, but no lives lost
Italy's Mount Etna volcano began a new eruption the morning of Christmas Eve, triggering hundreds of small earthquakes and one, early Dec. 26, that damaged homes and churches nearby.
CRS working in Indonesia to assess needs of tsunami survivors
Those in the evacuation centers are sleeping alongside families who still have homes, but who fear another possible tsunami while the Anak Krakatau volcano is still active.
Vatican opens medical clinic for the homeless
Just before Christmas the Vatican announced it had opened a new medical clinic for the homeless and the poor, expanding services previously offered in a small space just outside St. Peter's Square.