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Exploring bioethical issues of AI in healthcare
Australian Catholic University’s Plunkett Centre for Ethics will host a webinar next week to introduce healthcare professionals, ethicists and the public to bioethical issues in artificial intelligence.
Exhibition a reminder of impact of WWII atomic bombs
Amid tensions of global nuclear warfare and 80 years since the atomic attacks at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a new exhibition is highlighting the long-lasting impacts of the bombings. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Mel Gibson’s new film on Jesus set for 2027 release
Mel Gibson’s highly anticipated film “The Resurrection of the Christ” will be released in two parts, with the first part screening in Holy Week in 2007. Source: CNA.
Faith leaders call on Indonesian government to ensure religious freedom
Faith leaders in Indonesia have called on the nation’s government to ensure religious freedom for all and take strong action against its violators, following recent incidents targeting Christians. Source: UCA News.
Pope visits Spanish teenager in Rome hospital
Pope Leo XIV visited a Spanish teenager who was hospitalised during the Jubilee of Youth and prayed with and spoke to the family. Source: OSV News.
Government sends strongest signal yet on Palestinian recognition
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has discussed efforts to end the humanitarian crisis in Gaza with the head of the United Nations as the Government sends signals it will join a coalition of nations recognising a Palestinian state. Source: The Age.
Archbishop-elect Anthony Ireland set to be officially installed
Archbishop-elect Anthony Ireland will be officially installed as the new Archbishop of Hobart during a Solemn Liturgical Reception at St Mary’s Cathedral in Hobart at 11am on Tuesday, August 12.
Housing should be seen as a human right, not a financial investment
Homelessness Week is an occasion for seeing ourselves as persons, linked by our humanity to people who are doing it hard, writes Fr Andrew Hamilton SJ. Source: Catholic Outlook.
Australian scholars welcome news of honour for St John Henry Newman
Australian scholars have welcomed news that St John Henry Newman, the 19th-century saint who is probably the greatest Catholic English intellectual of the past 500 years, will soon become a Doctor of the Church. Source: The Catholic Weekly.