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Brave new classroom: Catholic schools nationwide integrate AI into teaching plans
Posted on 08/30/2025 04:00 AM (Our Sunday Visitor)
Experts and teachers from coast-to-coast have told OSV News AI is poised to transform Catholic education.
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Haiti: Irish missionary, orphanage staff, 3-year-old released after abduction
Posted on 08/30/2025 01:47 AM ()
An Irish missionary has been released from captivity in Haiti, along with 6 orphanage staff and a 3-year-old child, following a kidnap ordeal that lasted nearly a month.
Time magazine honors Pope Leo XIV, calling him a ‘spiritual counterweight’ to Silicon Valley
Posted on 08/29/2025 17:53 PM (Our Sunday Visitor)
Pope Leo XIV has been named to Time magazine’s "Time 100 AI" list for 2025.
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Lord's Day reflection: False virtues
Posted on 08/29/2025 08:24 AM ()
As the Church marks the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Abbot Marion Nguyen reflects on "The false virtues: why our culture's strengths are really sins".
UN warns Israeli Gaza offensive could be ‘beyond catastrophic’
Posted on 08/29/2025 08:16 AM ()
United Nations officials are warning of potentially devastating consequences from Israel’s planned military takeover of Gaza City
Deadly Russian strikes devastate Kyiv, kill at least 23
Posted on 08/29/2025 08:12 AM ()
The death toll from Russian rocket and drone strikes on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv continues to rise. Authorities said Friday that at least 23 people, including children, were killed overnight in the deadliest assault on the city in months.
Diane Foley meets the Pope: How I came to forgive my son's murderer
Posted on 08/29/2025 05:42 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV receives Diane Foley alongside writer Colum McCann, with whom she co-authored a book recounting the events surrounding her son’s death and the profound human and spiritual journey she undertook—a painful path of love and a desire to understand, which even led her to meet one of her son’s killers.
Human Fraternity Fellowship continues legacy of Pope Francis in new generations
Posted on 08/29/2025 03:30 AM ()
The second edition of the Human Fraternity Fellowship program, inspired by the Document of Human Fraternity signed by Pope Francis and Grand Imam Al-Tayeb of Al-Azhar in 2019, leads 10 student leaders to Jakarta, Indonesia, to prepare “the next generation of leaders to engage across cultural and religious divides.”
Pope: Proclamation of Christ is mission of every Christian
Posted on 08/29/2025 03:07 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV meets with members of the St. Andrew School of Evangelization, and invites all Christians to embrace our mission to proclaim Jesus Christ.
Korean bishops relaunch Pro-Life Movement amid abortion, euthanasia debates
Posted on 08/29/2025 01:10 AM ()
The Catholic Church in South Korea is set to relaunch the “Pro-Life Movement” nationwide as bishops and organizations intensify opposition to proposed legislative changes on abortion and growing calls for euthanasia.