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In Case You Missed It – Thursday, May 22, 2025

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A Pope for the AI Era

In choosing the name Leo XIV, our new Holy Father has set himself an urgent task: to diagnose the ills of our age and offer wisdom, as Pope Leo XIII did for his own time and beyond. ...


What is the value of such Leonine wisdom in the age of artificial intelligence? In many ways, the challenge of AI is an intensification of the great question of our time: What does it mean to be human? 

Read more at First Things


Hungarian Ambassador to the Vatican alerts public to AI-generated fake news

"Beware of fakes! Lots of fake news (and videos) circling around the new Pope so be cautious. Always check for sources."


Example: A 36-minute speech in English, created with artificial intelligence, has been uploaded to YouTube, falsely attributing to Pope Leo XIV words for Ibrahim Traoré, President of Burkina Faso.


In New Interview, JD Vance Explains How His Catholic Faith Informs His Political Views

In a sit-down interview with The New York Times’ Ross Douthat, U.S. Vice President JD Vance opened up about how his Catholic faith informs his political views and how he squares his religious beliefs with his hard-line views on immigration enforcement. …


During the interview, Vance discussed how his faith and Catholic social teaching contribute to his views on governance. Yet he also explained why he believes an American vice president cannot simply “do everything the Holy Father tells me to do” because of his obligations to serve the interests of the American people.


Trump confronts South African president with video on treatment of White farmers

President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House on Wednesday with a video allegedly showing grave treatment of White farmers. 


Trump has claimed that White Afrikaner South African farmers are being slaughtered and forced off their land. The Afrikaners are descendants of mostly Dutch settlers who first arrived in South Africa in 1652. 


A portion of the footage aired at the White House showed white crosses lined up alongside both sides of a road [representing dead farmers].

Read more at Fox News

 

Online commentators note members of the South African delegation smiling while Trump shows video of politician chanting “kill the farmer”

‘Can’t help but notice the reaction of a few of the members of the South African delegation in the Oval Office, today. What’s there to smile about? Is this funny?


'Why Wouldn't You Arrest That Man?': Trump Questions South Africa's President During Meeting

In his Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, President Trump questioned Ramaphosa about why he hasn't arrested a politician [Julius Malema] who had called for death to the white farmers.


'Trump made history today'

“It is really something to witness the meeting between Presidents Trump and Ramaphosa because for several decades the farm murders have been swept under the carpet,” says Ernst Roets, an Afrikaner writer.


The “big moment,” he says was when Trump asked for a video of the Julius Malema calling for the death of Boers and presenting evidence of atrocities experienced by the white farmers.


Roets says he, along with other Afrikaners, are thanking Trump for raising awareness of this issue.

Watch more at Ernst Roets YouTube


Katie Hopkins 2018 documentary on South African farm killings receiving renewed interest on social media

Plaasmoorde: The Killing Fields is a world-first — a documentary that goes well beyond polite interviews in safe places and deep into uncomfortable places, where the heart of the truth lives. Included in this groundbreaking work are interviews with active farm attackers and serving police officers who confirm corrupt police are complicit in the mass-slaughter of South Africa’s whites.


Treason: Trump zeros in on Biden inner circle

Former GOP Sen. Cory Gardner and former DNC official Jose Aristimuno weigh in after President Donald Trump accused members of the previous administration of 'treason at the highest level' for covering up former President Biden's mental decline.

Watch at Fox News

  

Essay by Gavin Ashenden: Where is the tender Catholic conscience to speak up for Lucy Connolly

The case of Lucy Connolly has caused widespread alarm and comment. [Tuesday] her appeal was refused and the response has been public outrage – to an extent.

The facts of her case need little rehearsing. The 42-year-old mother was imprisoned for 31 months for making an intemperate Tweet.


The mass stabbing last summer at Southport tore at the fabric of our fragile social glue. The harsh, immediate and disproportionate punishments of protestors have raised more than the accusation of two-tier policing or two-tier justice. ...


“How can it be right for Lucy to have been condemned to spend more than two-and-a-half years in jail for a single tweet when members of grooming gangs who plead guilty to the sexual exploitation of children get lower sentences?”

Read more at the Catholic Herald


President Trump extols Pope Leo XIV, meets brother Louis Prevost

President Donald Trump met Louis Prevost, the oldest brother of Pope Leo XIV, at the White House on Tuesday, according to the president’s special assistant, Margo Martin.


While speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill earlier the same day, Trump said he likes Pope Leo XIV and was looking forward to meeting with the pope’s brother.


“I like the pope and I like the pope’s brother,” Trump told reporters after meeting with House Republicans in an attempt to rally support behind a budget reconciliation bill.

Read more at the Catholic News Agency

 

White Sox stadium to host special Mass in honour of Pope Leo XIV

The Archdiocese of Chicago will host a celebration at the home of the famous Chicago White Sox on June 14 to honor Pope Leo XIV.


The public are invited to attend the 14 June event at Rate Field with the archdiocese urging people to “Mark your calendars!” The event is described as a “once-in-a-lifetime celebration of the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope born and raised in the Chicago area,” according to a statement released by the archdiocese. 

Read more at the Catholic Herald


Recalling Nicaea’s anniversary, Cardinal Pizzaballa calls for bold, clear proclamation of faith in Christ 

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, OFM, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, emphasized the centrality of the Nicene Creed as he recalled the 1700th anniversary of the opening of the First Council of Nicaea ...


Describing the council as “perhaps the most important event in Church history since the birth of the Church itself,” Cdl. Pizzaballa said that “1700 years ago, at Nicaea, in a religious, cultural and political context that was no less problematic than today, the Church had the courage and audacity to finally give the faith a form that was common to all, but at the same time clear ...

Read more at Catholic Culture


‘Reboot’ the system: RFK Jr. calls for overhaul of WHO at global health assembly

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told the World Health Assembly (WHA) he is calling for a “reboot” of a global health system that will mirror what the Trump administration is implementing through its Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement in the US.


In a video message Tuesday to world health ministers gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, Kennedy reviewed the reason President Donald Trump withdrew the US from the World Health Organization (WHO), the health agency of the United Nations (UN), via an executive order on the first day of his new term.

Read more at Catholic Vote


2 Staff Members of Israeli Embassy Killed in Shooting Near Jewish Museum in DC

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar identified the victims as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim. Lischinsky was a research assistant, and Milgrim organized visits and missions to Israel.


They were leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum when the suspect approached a group of four people and opened fire, Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith said at a news conference.


The FBI says the attack is being investigated as a potential federal hate crime.

Read more at NTD


2 Mexican Officials Assassinated: The Church Expresses ‘Profound Consternation’

The Mexican Bishops’ Conference expressed its “profound consternation” following the assassination of two senior officials of the Mexico City government, which occurred Tuesday in the Mexican capital.


The victims of the shooting are Ximena Guzmán, private secretary to Clara Brugada, Mexico City’s mayor, and José Muñoz, adviser to the city government. 


“We join in the grief of their families, friends, and colleagues. To them, we express our closeness, prayers, and solidarity, asking God to grant them comfort, hope, and strength in the face of this painful loss,” the Mexican bishops expressed in a message following the assassinations.


Always Winning: Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Gets House Approval

U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill cleared another hurdle early Thursday morning as the House of Representatives delivered its assent. The vote was 215-214-1.


These include extending tax cuts passed in 2017, eliminating taxes on tips, spending more on defence and border security, while making government health care programs more accountable.


The multi-trillion dollar tax break package contains numerous elements of Trump’s far-reaching agenda and has been delivered via an all-night session.

Read more at Breitbart 


House of Representatives Passes Bill to Defund Planned Parenthood

The full House of Representatives has passed the reconciliation bill to defund the Planned Parenthood abortion business.


The bill passed 215-214. ... The good news for pro-life Americans is that the measure includes language to defund Planned Parenthood and Big Abortion. The abortion giant just announced that it killed over 420,000 babies in abortions in its most recent year and made over $2 billion.

Read more at LifeNews.com


Essay: The Curé d’Ars to Confront Our Lost Culture

The Catholic Church needs a hero now. Nothing less will do. Pope Leo must lead a new crusade to search out the lost lambs and bring them back, according to Kevin Wells. In his new book, Coached by the Curé: Lessons in Shepherding with St. John Vianney, the author brings this truth to the attention of priests and laity alike. Quoting Vianney, Wells writes,


"If a priest is determined not to lose his soul, as soon as any disorder arises in the parish, he must trample underfoot all human considerations, as well as the fear of the contempt and the hatred of his people. He must not allow anything to bar his way in the discharge of duty, even if he was certain of being murdered on coming down from the pulpit."

Read more at Crisis Magazine


The Eucharist: Respect the Real Presence

Join Fr. Brendan Kilcoyne as he discusses the importance of receiving Communion with reverence and reacts to an Italian archbishop's criticism of his parishioners' receiving Holy Eucharist on the tongue.


I feel that Communion in the hand has actually done huge harm to Eucharistic devotion, to faith and to practice. I feel that it vulgarized ... our manner of interacting with the physical presence of the Lord," he says.


'The May Magnificat,' a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins

May is Mary’s month, and I

Muse at that and wonder why:

Her feasts follow reason,

Dated due to season –

 

Candlemas, Lady day;

But the Lady Month, May

Why fasten that upon her,

With a feasting in her honor …

Read more at poetsgraves.co.uk


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