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Local Church

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The current investigations therefore unfold in a space between faith and caution, hope and verification. Whether the tear on the face of Padre Pio or the reported visions at Sievernich ultimately receive a positive judgment remains uncertain

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Anthropic and Claude warn of the “recursive self-improvement” of artificial intelligence and its serious implications for humanity

According to the company, current AI systems are already assuming a growing share of the coding work used to develop future models. Anthropic noted that the amount of work its systems can perform autonomously is increasing at an extraordinary pace. While the company stressed that fully autonomous self-improvement has not yet been achieved and may never occur, its researchers acknowledged that many institutions appear unprepared for the possibility.

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Liturgy and Divine Worship

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Recap of U.S. Bishops’ Plenary Assembly in Orlando

While not on the public agenda for the plenary, the bishops also held a discussion in executive session on Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, addressing artificial intelligence.

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