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July 15, 2025

AI and the Catholic Moment, by R.J. Snell

By R.J. Snell, The Catholic Thing - Elon Musk recently promised to improve his version of an AI chatbot, nicknamed Grok. The fix did not go well, to put it mildly. In one description, Grok was intentionally designed to be “an ‘anti-woke’ competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT.” But Grok seemed indistinguishable from its competitors. The fix, as was widely noted in recent days, whatever else it was, certainly was “anti-woke,” with Grok turning into a holocaust denier, casting aspersions against Jews, threatening the Turkish president, and Grok giving itself the new nickname of “MechaHitler.”
July 15, 2025

Tom Homan Has Some Choice Words For The California Bishop Who Said Illegals Can Skip Mass, by Mary Margaret Olohan

By Mary Margaret Olohan, DailyWire - Asked about a Catholic bishop in California who told illegal immigrants they no longer have to go to Sunday mass, White House Border Czar Tom Homan did not mince words... “This is BS” (Homan responded) to news that San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas issued a decree on July 8 dispensing those in his diocese from attending Mass “due to potential immigration enforcement actions by civil authorities” if they have “genuine fear of immigration enforcement actions.” His dispensation is in effect until “such time as this decree is revoked or amended.”
July 15, 2025

Notre-Dame Cathedral Welcomes More Than 6 Million Visitors Since Reopening, by Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú, Catholic World Report - Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris has become the most visited place in France. Since reopening its doors last December after a 2019 fire, it has welcomed more than 6 million people... On April 15, 2019, the French capital witnessed one of the most devastating tragedies in its recent history. Its iconic cathedral — a religious, architectural, and cultural symbol that had withstood the test of centuries — was engulfed in flames.
July 15, 2025

Daily Scripture Readings and Meditations: Will You Be Exalted to Heaven?

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - Matthew 11:20-24 - 20 Then he began to upbraid the cities where most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent. 21 "Woe to you, Chorazin! woe to you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22 But I tell you, it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you. 23 And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? ...

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