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Smartphones are driving a rise in teen sexting
Teen sex may be down, but widespread access to smartphones is driving an increase in teen sexting, recent research has... Read more
Holy See renews appeal to ban killer robots
A Vatican representative to the United Nations called on the international community to ban killer robots – known as Lethal... Read more
When self-driving cars are forced to crash, whom should they hit?
If a self-driving car is about to crash into a crowd, and it can only swerve to hit a baby... Read more
Global Catholic tech: Online Arabic catechetical program unites Middle East Catholics
A bishop from Lebanon shared at the 2018 Synod of Bishops how his online catechesis program in Arabic has helped... Read more
Hacking pastoral care: Youth synod bishops talk technology
Smartphone apps and Skype have transformed the way at least one synod bishop conducts his pastoral ministry with young people. Read more
Youth synod bishop: The world is rich in technology & poor in principles
A Polish archbishop participating in the Vatican synod on youth said Thursday that today’s young people have benefited from technological... Read more
How more Catholic schools are looking to minimize screen time
Not long ago, introducing more technology into the classroom meant allowing third graders to play 15 minutes of Oregon Trail... Read more
'Natural cycles' fertility app gets FDA approval to prevent pregnancy
The FDA has approved a fertility-tracking app that boasts a lower unintended pregnancy rate than the pill, without the side... Read more
The rise of the sex robot: Will technology solve our loneliness problem?
Earlier this year, a 25-year-old man smashed his rental van into innocent pedestrians in downtown Toronto on a Tuesday, killing... Read more
Why Catholics should beware as high-tech 'deepfake' videos emerge
Like any figure of importance, there is high likelihood that the Pope or another Catholic leader could be the subject... Read more
Students 'hack' away at global problems during Vatican hackathon
A March 8-11 “hacking marathon” at the Vatican is in full swing, with 120 students of different backgrounds, faiths, and... Read more
Don’t let technology replace real encounters, Francis says on Candlemas
Pope Francis told consecrated men and women Friday that they are called to have real encounters with their brothers and... Read more
Pope: not everything technically possible is morally acceptable
On Saturday Pope Francis praised the achievements of scientific and technological advancements, but cautioned that developments in the field have... Read more
Pope Francis: 'painful' failures help Church lead in protecting minors
On Friday Pope Francis told a group of religious and secular experts from around the world that protecting minors against... Read more
Vatican conference tackles new technology and medicine
Technology will be at the heart of an upcoming Vatican conference on accompanying human life in the digital era, particularly... Read more
Siblings arrested in cyberattack that compromised Vatican computers
Two arrests have been made in a widespread cyber-attack that compromised communications of prominent Italian institutions and individuals, including the... Read more
Stephen Hawking and other experts weigh in on limits of artificial intelligence at the Vatican
This week the Vatican hosted a high-level discussion in the world of science, gathering experts to discuss the progress, benefits... Read more
New technology unveils contents of ancient Biblical scrolls
For the first time in centuries, an ancient Biblical scroll could be read, thanks to a computer scanning technology that... Read more
Pope Francis meets Mark Zuckerberg and his wife at the Vatican
On Monday Pope Francis met with Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and CEO of social networking giant Facebook, at the Vatican, marking... Read more
Dating apps could be leading to a rise in STDs – and Tinder isn't happy about it
A new billboard linking dating apps with an increase in sexually transmitted disease rates spurred one app – Tinder –... Read more
