Society & Culture

“A record-high 56% of Americans rate moral values in the U.S. as ‘poor,’ up 12 percentage points from last year, and 80% say moral values are ‘getting worse,’ up 14 points.” - Gallup

“Experts on both sides of the AI debate have shared thoughtful rebuttals, but the pope’s approach is a useful template of how Christians should engage the AI conversation. Specifically, that we have an essential role in shaping the development and deployment of technology.” - World

“With the overturning of the Professional and Amateur Protection Act (PAPSA) in 2018, a law banning most sports betting, the U.S. saw an immediate rise in legalization from nearly 40 states. And in 2020, the Gallup poll revealed that 71% of Americans thought gambling was morally acceptable” - MinistryWatch

“More regular attenders say they hear messages from their clergy against abortion than in support of abortion rights” - Pew

“And what does this asymmetric conflict, with costly American hardware failing to prevent Iranian missiles from menacing a geopolitical chokepoint, tell us about warfighting to come?” - Unherd

“Noting abortion is ‘an issue that a lot of Christians struggle with, and that there’s a lot of fierce and passionate debate within our faith communities,’ Talarico said he believes that “people of good faith can arrive at different moral conclusions” - CPost

“Leo’s answer is clear: A person’s dignity does not depend on what they can ‘achieve or produce.’” - RNS

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“Christians should affirm neither panic nor utopianism. Instead, we can give two cheers for AI—recognizing it as an outworking of humanity’s God-given creative vocation while insisting on moral and theological limits.” - TGC

“the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division at HHS [is] a federal watchdog tasked with defending healthcare workers and patients whose faith is increasingly under siege in American medicine.” - CPost