The Vatican has issued a Note on artificial intelligence (AI) which highlights the challenges and the opportunities in the development of AI in various fields, such as education, relationships, work, health, the economy, and warfare.
A reader of our blog gave us permission to print a moving glimpse into her conversion from the New Age, along with an excerpt from Pope Francis' "The Joy of the Gospel", and asks us all to remember to pray for those who are caught up in these false beliefs.
NE writes: "I was at a friend's house and we played a card game called Wizard. When one of the four cards that has a wizard on it is played, it trumps all the others. I began to wonder after if it was OK to play it."
We recently had a question from a fan of our Wacky Wednesday radio show who called in to ask about jewelry that contains the blood of a loved one. What is this all about?
Max Lucado (Photo courtesy of Wikicommons Images, Proverbs 13 Ministries, CC BY-SA 3.0)
MP writes: "Could you please tell me who Max Lucado is and what his belief system is? The woman’s book club at our parish is reading a book by him called "And the Angels Were Silent" for their April reading. I do not belong to it, but I have seen that he writes for Hallmark cards and I know he wrote "The Christmas Candle" movie, which sounded like a good Christmas movie. Are his writings harmless or is he New Age?"