On April 30, Archbishops Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco and Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City and Bishop David A. Konderla of Tulsa, Oklahoma, wrote Barr to request stepped-up prosecutions.
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Editor’s note: Welcome to Spring Books 2020
From features on contemporary writers to looks back at some of our greatest literary figures, along with poetry, biography, social criticism and more, our Spring Books 2020 issue has something for everyone (well, almost everyone).
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Review: Thomas Edison’s life of ceaseless action
He is most well known for inventing the light bulb and the phonograph, but Thomas Edison patented 1,093 “machines, systems, processes, and phenomena.” In 1881, Edmund Morris writes, Edison was “executing, on average, one new patent every four days.”
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Podcast: How location data can help the Vatican’s COVID-19 response
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Molly Burhans explains how location data can help the church use its resources more efficiently to extend care to the greatest number of people.
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What 12-step programs can teach us about the true meaning of work
The value of work is that it gives structure to life’s chaos; it is simple, intelligible even when your own heart is baffling; it lets you be of service to others, making every job well done a kind of living amends; and, above all, good work brings humility.
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Papal academy invites tech giants to support ethical guidelines for AI
The Pontifical Academy for Life is invited tech leaders to help frame ethical guidelines for artificial intelligence, know as “AI.”
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
Is there room for civil dialogue in the comments section?
The last time Father Malone left this column in my care (4/3/17), I made an argument for reading the long form of the Gospel when the Lectionary gives us that option. Today I’m going to make an even more shocking reading recommendation: You should read the comments.
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Pope Francis calls on leaders and tech giants to protect children online
The conference, titled “Promoting Digital Child Dignity—From Concept to Action,” brought together religious leaders, academics, policymakers and tech industry leaders from around the world.
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How a 20th century theologian became a quiet prophet for our distracted age
The technological changes Guardini witnessed during his lifetime (1885-1968) were far more dramatic, jarring and violent than anything we are likely to see in our own era. Yet the deeper I go into his writings, the more convinced I become of their urgency and relevance in the here and now.
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Jaron Lanier: an unlikely prophet of the digital age
In his latest book, Lanier argues that all forms of social media treat human beings as if they were basically a bundle of nerve endings.