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August 1, 2025

Federal Trade Commission Launches Inquiry Into Harm of ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ for Minors, by Kate Quiñones

By Kate Quiñones, Catholic News Agency - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating potential “unfair or deceptive trade practices” regarding transgender surgeries and drugs... The launch of the federal inquiry is designed to “gauge the harms consumers may be experiencing” from “false or unsupported claims” about transgender treatment ... The agency’s investigation comes after President Donald Trump pledged to end federal support for transition drugs and surgeries in an executive order he issued at the outset of his administration this year.

August 1, 2025

Daily Scripture Readings and Meditations: They Took Offense at Jesus

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - Matthew 13:54-58 - 54 and coming to his own country he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works? 55 Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? 56 And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all this?" ...

August 1, 2025

Some Ethics of Some AI, by Michael Pakaluk

By Michael Pakaluk, The Catholic Thing - There’s no such thing as “the ethics of AI,” because there are different types of AI, and differing visions of the use of AI. And these uses are constantly developing, while diverse ethical concerns appear at the personal, corporate, and societal levels. In general, “the world” is concerned about control and equality (“How can we regulate it, if we do not even know how it works?” or “Will AI magnify inequalities of wealth and power?”) primarily as they relate to big systems such as the economy.

August 1, 2025

Vatican Rebuffs Meloni, Backs Macron in Endorsing Palestinian State, by Jules Gomes

By Jules Gomes, The Stream - When Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni earlier this week blasted France’s decision to recognize Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly as “counterproductive,” the Catholic Church’s second-highest authority responded by calling for the Vatican to follow in France’s footsteps... Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin’s statement to reporters on July 28 is being seen as an attack on Meloni and an endorsement of French President Emmanuel Macron’s support for Palestine. It comes amid rising antisemitism in traditionally Catholic Italy.

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