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Apr. 25 Feast of St. Mark, Evangelist; Major Rogation Day, Feast
Posted on 04/25/2024 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)
Catholic Answers Pulls Plug on ‘Father Justin’ AI Priest
Posted on 04/24/2024 23:51 PM (The Daily Register)
The Slippery Slope of Non-Discrimination Policies: To Sign or Not to Sign?
Posted on 04/24/2024 23:09 PM (The Daily Register)
US fertility rate hits all-time low (Forbes)
Posted on 04/24/2024 23:04 PM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
New data from the federal government show a rate of 1.62 births per woman in 2023. That figure, a 2% decline from the previous year, is the lowest ever recorded.
The number of births in 2023 also dropped 2% from the previous year, The 3.59 million births were the fewest since 1979.
The birth rate in the US has been declining 1 to 2% consistently over the past decade. The fertility rate is now well under the “replacement rate” of 2.1 children per woman.
Web site 'defrocks' priest generated by AI (Catholic Herald)
Posted on 04/24/2024 23:04 PM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Early this week, Catholic Answers introduced the AI-generated character, which answers questions by drawing on the site’s archives. The experiment proved unpopular with many users, who questioned the prudence of using AI to answer serious questions of faith—and especially to invoke the authority of the priesthood. One user reported that “Father Justin” had, on request, agreed to a “virtual confession, all the way to giving me absolution and a penance.”
Kenyan cardinal officially listed as one year younger (Katholisch)
Posted on 04/24/2024 23:04 PM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Because his birth records are unavailable, Cardinal Njue had been listed as being born simply in “1944.” That date has now been corrected to January 1, 1946.
The change has important implications for Cardinal Njue, who would have become ineligible to vote in a papal election or sit on a Vatican dicastery upon reaching his 80th birthday—which had previously been set at December 31 of this year.
Baby flown from UK to Vatican for emergency surgery (Christian Concern)
Posted on 04/24/2024 23:04 PM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
The child, who has not been identified, is the child of an Italian citizen who lives and works in the UK. He sought treatment for the baby in Rome after being informed by the National Health Service that treatment would not be approved.
Arizona House Votes to Repeal Law Protecting Life From Moment of Conception
Posted on 04/24/2024 22:24 PM (The Daily Register)
Divided Supreme Court Hears Emergency-Room Abortion Case: DOJ vs. Idaho’s Pro-Life Law
Posted on 04/24/2024 22:13 PM (The Daily Register)
Pope, at general audience, reflects on the life of grace (CWN)
Posted on 04/24/2024 05:04 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
At his April 24 general audience, held in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis reflected on the life of grace according to the Spirit, in the latest talk in a series of Wednesday general audiences devoted to the virtues and vices.