Aimed at reaching out to people unable to go to Rome for the Holy Year and helping the millions who are expected to visit St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican teamed up with Microsoft and other specialized experts to create a “digital twin” of the church for an immersive and more meaningful experience.

St. Peter’s Basilica will be launching a new website to feature the virtual views, streaming services of religious celebrations and podcasts of prayerful meditations as well as an app on Dec. 1, that will help visitors with suggested itineraries, audio guides and real-time updates about the lines to the Holy Door and other sites.

Also, in January, young students around the world will be able to explore the basilica on Microsoft’s game-based learning platform, Minecraft Education.

The multiple projects use AI technology to help people weave together the historical, artistic and spiritual meanings connected with the world’s largest church, Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of the basilica, told reporters at a Vatican news conference Nov. 11.

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How kind of him to speak well of someone who would call him a "loser."
My take is that Putin figured with a 2020 Trump win, he could stroll into Ukraine and have half of Eastern Europe by 2024--with no American opposition and a weakened NATO, which the US might have left.
But in 2020 American voters knew better.
By 2022, Putin figures he had to do it the hard way. By all objective standards, Biden and America were thriving. He gave up hope on getting an appeaser back.

When a soldier dies on the battlefield he or she gives their life blood. Blood is life, we go to the Red Cross to donate our blood for those who need it. Sometimes that blood will be the difference between life and death. It is an act of love.

Christ Jesus also died in battle for our souls. He allowed himself to be beat down, tortured, abandoned and betrayed, yet in all of that as His blood ran from his body, he loved and forgave. To forgive is a great sacrifice. We all know it because for most people to forgive can be a very long process. If we do not forgive, we stay under the power of those who harmed us, we become like them. It is a very terrible situation lived out all over the world.

The human situation is often a ‘Gordian Knot’, it cannot be untied by us, but only from the center where grace is at work. God’s infinite love is grace, stronger than death, nothing can extinguish the love God has for us.

We can extinguish our love for God and others and for that we pay a heavy price. Our very humanity is swallowed up in evil, we cease to exist as humans and become monsters if it is allowed to continue to grow. The wrath of God is against the horror of sin, not at his children.

We live in a cold culture, and perhaps as time goes on, more unloving. Today abortion is celebrated, and as the laws become more liberal and crueler. Yet it has become mundane, expected, and yes celebrated. For Christians it has simply become one issue among many.

In the Christian faith, God is not above and far away, but in the lives of each of us. One with our pain, love, suffering and our often despairing quest for truth. We are never alone.

Precious Blood of Jesus Christ save us and the whole world!-Br.MD

Reminds me of

Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows, so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”(Proverbs 26:19)

FaithT said:

I’ve never seen it extend to the face either. The woman in my parish just covers her head.

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Yes I just seen the veil head covering. Nothing that covers the face.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has pulled out his clubs “for the first time in eight years,” his office told NBC News, in an effort to curry favor with the president-elect.

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Most money laundering occurs with crypto. Do you really want to deregulate money laundering? Really?

FEMA supervisor who told team to ‘avoid’ homes with Trump signs says she’s a ‘scapegoat’

That supervisor, Marn’i Washington ... told the Washington Examiner that not only did she and her teams canvas houses with Trump signage, “we’ve registered and provided resources to Trump supporters.”

She explained the full context: Washington let her supervisors “know specific streets we could not do because of hostile political encounters,” and according to communications obtained by the Washington Examiner, she was encouraged and supported in her decision to avoid certain streets “to keep the team safe.”

Washington noted that the next bullet point on the leaked message spoke about de-escalation, which she said was necessary because “FEMA workers were having their lives threatened.”

Several of these hostile encounters were documented in the media, but Washington is demanding FEMA “turn over incident reports” showing additional hostilities that resulted in her having to avoid certain streets.

The Washington Examiner filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Department of Homeland Security to obtain these reports.

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Could be she's lying to try to save some semblance of dignity. Could be she isn't. Maybe we'll find out.

eleos1954 said:

You do realize Joe isn't running things ... right?

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Does anybody know who really is running the show?

Yup. I pray for the dead everyday.

Most common for the dead prayer:

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen. May their soul, and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

God help those who speak up for the most vulnerable!

He says it like it is.

I'm proud of him!

President-elect Donald Trump is starting to fill key posts in his second administration, putting an emphasis so far on aides and allies who were his strongest backers during the 2024 campaign.

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Trump described Zeldin, a four-term House Republican from Long Island, as “a true fighter for America First policies,” in a statement announcing his pick.

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May God bless them abundantly

God bless my bishop! Thankful he is standing up for children's rights!

I remember learning that in 3rd grade. I don't think it was ever taught to me after that.

Thanks for posting.

What a sad day for Cuba

how very sad

ThatRobGuy said:

forward 10 years, seems like just about all of those things (that they labelled as slippery slope and strawmen when concerns were raised) have largely come to fruition.

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I can go back to statements I was saying by 2012, that they didn't want borders at all.

People laughed and called it conspiracy theory, but when they were arguing against every single solution wide open borders is what you get.

By 2016 they were making moves towards open borders, and it was one of the things we stopped with Trump's 2016 presidency.

But no one believed us, kept saying no, that's not really what they had in mind.

To my mind, they have long been telling us exactly what they want to do, but if you call them out on it they deny deny deny.

All of our conspiracy theories are coming true in real time. All of them.

And they aren't good for any American.

Looking for the perfect name for your dog? A late medieval treatise may have just what you need—it lists 1,065 unique names for dogs.

In the late 15th century, probably between 1460 and 1480, a scribe filled out a manuscript with texts related to animals and plants—such as a manual on hawking, treatments and medicines for horses, and a guide to grafting and planting trees. One of the works included has been named The Names of All Manner of Hounds – which lists the names of dogs across 12 folios, all in Middle English.

David Scott-Macnab, a Professor of English at North West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa, examined this manuscript to understand why this list of dog names was included. He explains why he finds this work so interesting:

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The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. José Carlos González-Hurtado, joins in to discuss his new book, New Scientific Evidence for the Existence of God.

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