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Diocese promotes day of ‘unplugging’ from screens, devices for Lent
The Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, is promoting a “Diocesan Day of Unplugging” on March 28 as a Lenten fasting discipline. Read more
Experts champion Catholic Church’s role to promote child safety in AI sphere
The Vatican is collaborating with tech leaders and others to fight the sexual abuse and exploitation of children in the... Read more
A Vatican video game? New Minecraft edition has students restore St. Peter’s Basilica
Microsoft and the Vatican unveiled the game, “Peter Is Here: AI for Cultural Heritage,” at a press event in Rome... Read more
New York Encounter: Technology is costing us our humanity, experts say
Technology is robbing us of our humanity, turning humans in some respects into “disembodied” minds, panelists at the three-day New... Read more
Pope Francis’ AI adviser, experts raise concerns about artificial intelligence
Professor Father Paolo Benanti discussed ethical and human rights challenges surrounding the use of AI at a Thursday event in... Read more
The Catholic University of America achieves prestigious R1 research title
The Catholic University of America announced that it has earned the R1 designation for institutes with the “highest levels of... Read more
Pope Francis to Paris AI Action Summit: ‘Love is worth more than intelligence’
“I ask all those attending the Paris summit not to forget that only the human ‘heart’ can reveal the meaning... Read more
Catholics back new pro-family agenda on technology and human flourishing
Ryan T. Anderson, Patrick Deneen, and Robert P. George are among the 28 signatories of “A Future for the Family:... Read more
Pope Francis to World Economic Forum: AI must serve human dignity, not violate it
Pope Francis on Thursday released his message to global leaders attending the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland,... Read more
Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban planned for Sunday
TikTok, which has more than 100 million active users in the United States, will be banned on Sunday, Jan. 19,... Read more
What’s next for AI in 2025? Catholic experts weigh in
CNA spoke with several leading Catholic experts on artificial intelligence to see where the technology might be headed in 2025. Read more
‘Online to get people offline’: Experts show how Carlo Acutis modeled faithful use of tech
Blessed Carlo Acutis, a young Italian who died in 2006, is due to be canonized during the Catholic Church’s 2025... Read more
Laws to protect children from online exploitation passed by Senate
The bills, titled the Kids Online Safety Act and the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act, passed the Senate... Read more
Senate advances bills to protect privacy and safety of children online
In a rare show of bipartisanship, the Senate voted 86-1 on a procedural vote that paved the way for two... Read more
New film on the life of Blessed Carlo Acutis to hit theaters in 2025
“Roadmap to Reality: Carlo Acutis and Our Digital Age” was announced by Castletown Media on July 1 and is expected... Read more
Vatican library to award NFTs to donors in ‘experimental project’
For the time being, the project, considered “experimental,” only applies to Italian donors to the Vatican Apostolic Library. Read more
The Humanality movement: ‘creating new rituals’ to use technology ‘with intention’
Humanality, founded in 2023, is helping people discover freedom through an intentional relationship with technology. Read more
Pope Francis: Technological development must promote the human being
The pope’s comments come as members of the Pontifical Academy for Life are meeting in Rome from Feb. 12–14 for... Read more
‘Blood on your hands’: Lawmakers grill tech CEOs on child exploitation ‘crisis’
Executives from social media outlets faced tough questioning at a hearing on “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation... Read more
France’s Catholic clergy to carry ID cards proving they are in good standing
The French Bishops’ Conference announced the change as part of a large set of measures designed to “intensify the fight... Read more
