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AI can’t replace human intelligence ‘richness’: Vatican
A new Vatican document sounds the alarm against allowing artificial intelligence to be controlled by only a few powerful corporations and pleads for a “moral evaluation” of how and when AI is used. Source: NCR Online.
Catholics’ service recognised in Australia Day honours
A number of Catholics were honoured in this year’s Australia Day awards including former long-serving Liberal minister the late Kevin Andrews, who was posthumously made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM). Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Priest praises God for Middle East ceasefire
Brisbane-based Maronite priest Fr Fadi Salame’s community thanks God for bringing peace to the Middle East. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Civic values lower among social media news readers
People who believe climate change is a conspiracy get most of their information about news and current events from commercial and social media, according to a Monash University study. Source: The Guardian.
Cardinal Mykola to address social services conference
“Hope in Action” is the theme for the Catholic Social Services Australia National Conference, to be held in Sydney, March 19-20.
Fee-free course takes load off future nurses
The first cohort of students to graduate debt-free from Mater Education’s Diploma of Nursing are set to kick off their healthcare careers without the burden of paying off tuition fees. Source: Catholic Health Australia.
Mass attendance rises in UK: study
The number of Catholics attending Mass in England and Wales has shot up by roughly 50,000 in 2023. Source: The Tablet.
Pope recognises US Franciscan martyrs
Pope Francis has formally recognised that five Franciscan missionaries ministering in what is now the US state of Georgia were killed for their faith. Source: CNS.
Religious teaching downgraded in Polish schools
Poland’s Catholic primate has accused the nation’s government of pandering to anti-Church feeling, after it unveiled new plans to downgrade religious teaching in the traditionally Catholic country. Source: OSV News.