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Whether AI can be ensouled

By Peter Mikulski · Friday, Oct. 10, 2025

If we smugly say, whether because we’re Catholic or because we’re Mennonite, that we needn’t worry about an ensouled AI because it simply couldn’t happen, we increase the chance that it will.

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What a day in a leper colony showed me

By Ivy Clark · Friday, Oct. 10, 2025

“In the wake of abandonment due to the intense stigmatization of what society generally understands as leprosy, the Titagarh colony offers a beacon of hope.”

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Adults don’t get friends

By Carlos Basurto · Monday, Oct. 6, 2025

“I cannot help but feel as if the kind of friendship that was solidified in the innocence of youth can, for most, no longer blossom naturally after you reach a certain mutual mental age.”

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Too busy to be Catholic?

By Noirin Dempsey · Friday, Oct. 3, 2025

“With our busy schedules and constantly being pulled in different directions, it takes a committed effort to make time for cultivating our relationship with God.”

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The revival of debate

By Sophia Combs · Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025

Whether during negotiations between parties in a major deal or on the congressional floor at the U.S. Capitol, we will inevitably encounter the infamous debate stage.

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