In my nearly 20 years of teaching at St. John’s University, I have seen how much my students have come to embrace computers and cellphones. It’s their window to the world. The influence of the internet, and more broadly, social media, is enormous. It offers a seemingly endless resource of material, but is also loaded with the dangers of misinformation and worse.
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Time Magazine Honors Pope Leo XIV, Calling Him a ‘Spiritual Counterweight’ to Silicon Valley
Pope Leo XIV has been named to Time magazine’s “Time 100 AI” list for 2025, recognized as one of the world’s top “thinkers” shaping how humanity confronts artificial intelligence.
Annunciation Church To Be Reconsecrated Before Mass There Resumes
Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis will be reconsecrated before it again holds Mass after an Aug. 27 shooting during a Mass for schoolchildren left two children dead and 18 other victims wounded.
Parents of Children Killed in Minneapolis Catholic School Shooting Speak Out for the First Time
Parents of the two children killed in the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting share their grief, memories, and call for action.
Experts: Churches, Schools Must Act on ‘Unique Vulnerability’ in Their Security
A security expert said that parishes and churches can take several key steps to reduce the threat of attacks such as the deadly Aug. 27 shooting during a school Mass at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis.
Archbishop Hebda After Catholic School Shooting: We Ask for Your Prayers and Action, Rooted in Hope
Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda told media Aug. 27 that prayers offered from around the United States and world, including from Pope Leo XIV, have been “a source of hope” following that morning’s mass shooting during Mass at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis that left two children dead and 17 other victims injured.
Pope Leo XIV Sends His Condolences After ‘Terrible Tragedy’ of Minneapolis Catholic Church Shooting
Pope Leo XIV sent his “heartfelt condolences and the assurance of spiritual closeness” to all those affected by the “terrible tragedy” of a shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis that left two children dead and 17 people injured.
Pope Leo XIV Pleads With Israel and Hamas To End Violence in Gaza
Pope Leo XIV appealed to Israel and Hamas to stop the violence that has caused “so much terror, destruction and death.”
Federal Judge Rules Maine Abortion Clinic Network Can Lose Medicaid Funding
A federal judge in Maine declined on Aug. 25 to prevent the government from stripping Medicaid funding from a network of abortion providers in Maine, arguing that doing so would circumvent “the will of the people as expressed by Congress.”