Robotics in Rome
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In February, the Pontifical Academy for Life helped to host a conference on the ethics of AI, at the end of which a statement...
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June 4, 2020
VatiVision will stream religious-themed programming as well as movies, documentaries and series related to art and culture
Facebook oversight panel prompts questions about free speech, abortion advocacy
May 20, 2020
Facebook says it is responding to long-standing questions about content moderation and censorship by appointing an independent oversight board to help set policy. American...
Jesus, livestreamed: Priests, bishops to offer 40 Hours Devotion via Facebook Live
April 3, 2020
When the plague struck the Italian city of Milan and the surrounding area in the 1570s, St Charles Borromeo, then a cardinal, became well-known...
Philippines parish cancels planned ‘online general absolution’
April 2, 2020
“The penitent must be physically present — meaning, the priest who absolves and the penitent who receives the absolution must be in the same...
Confession by phone, Skype, or emoji? Could it happen during coronavirus pandemic?
March 19, 2020
As much of the world faces quarantines and social distancing, Catholics have faced unexpected challenges in accessing the sacraments of the Church
Pope Francis’ Lent advice: Put down phone, pick up Bible
February 26, 2020
Pope Francis has urged Catholics to use the season of Lent to spend less time immersed in the chatter and noise of the world...
The couples who give thanks for Catholic dating apps
February 13, 2020
Superficial, creepy, useful just for a fling … dating apps are called all sorts of things, yet many happy marriages show Catholic online dating...
The best of the web: Error in the Catechism, private property, the Miraculous Medal
December 12, 2019
The authority of an official Catechism There are many Catechisms, but what kind of authority do they have? At Crisis, Charles Coulombe pointed out...
The Pope has issued a major challenge to the Big Five tech companies. Will they rise to it?
November 20, 2019
The ball is now in the tech companies’ court. That is one way to summarise the two-day conference at the Vatican last week with...
How technology is enabling religious persecution
March 14, 2019
It was late last year, and I was witnessing a new form of religious persecution. In front of me, millions of tweets had been...
Can the Vatican bring order to the Catholic internet?
November 15, 2018
Several stories over the past few weeks have made some hay with a few lines from the recent synod’s final document regarding the “certification”...
Robotics in Rome
June 12, 2020
In February, the Pontifical Academy for Life helped to host a conference on the ethics of AI, at the end of which a statement...
‘VatiVision’: Vatican to collaborate with new video-streaming site
June 4, 2020
VatiVision will stream religious-themed programming as well as movies, documentaries and series related to art and culture
Facebook oversight panel prompts questions about free speech, abortion advocacy
May 20, 2020
Facebook says it is responding to long-standing questions about content moderation and censorship by appointing an independent oversight board to help set policy. American...
Jesus, livestreamed: Priests, bishops to offer 40 Hours Devotion via Facebook Live
April 3, 2020
When the plague struck the Italian city of Milan and the surrounding area in the 1570s, St Charles Borromeo, then a cardinal, became well-known...
Philippines parish cancels planned ‘online general absolution’
April 2, 2020
“The penitent must be physically present — meaning, the priest who absolves and the penitent who receives the absolution must be in the same...
Confession by phone, Skype, or emoji? Could it happen during coronavirus pandemic?
March 19, 2020
As much of the world faces quarantines and social distancing, Catholics have faced unexpected challenges in accessing the sacraments of the Church
Pope Francis’ Lent advice: Put down phone, pick up Bible
February 26, 2020
Pope Francis has urged Catholics to use the season of Lent to spend less time immersed in the chatter and noise of the world...
The couples who give thanks for Catholic dating apps
February 13, 2020
Superficial, creepy, useful just for a fling … dating apps are called all sorts of things, yet many happy marriages show Catholic online dating...
The best of the web: Error in the Catechism, private property, the Miraculous Medal
December 12, 2019
The authority of an official Catechism There are many Catechisms, but what kind of authority do they have? At Crisis, Charles Coulombe pointed out...
The Pope has issued a major challenge to the Big Five tech companies. Will they rise to it?
November 20, 2019
The ball is now in the tech companies’ court. That is one way to summarise the two-day conference at the Vatican last week with...
How technology is enabling religious persecution
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It was late last year, and I was witnessing a new form of religious persecution. In front of me, millions of tweets had been...
Can the Vatican bring order to the Catholic internet?
November 15, 2018
Several stories over the past few weeks have made some hay with a few lines from the recent synod’s final document regarding the “certification”...
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