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A virtual AI priest named “Father Justin” had his white collar removed just days after launch. Catholic advocacy group Catholic Answers recently released the desktop-accessible AI priest, but users have dubbed the app “creepy.” The Catholic chatbot has been offering sexist advice, outdated views on women, as well as absolutions in what one user called…

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According to Pope Francis, “sexual pleasure is a gift from God,” but Catholics should avoid pornography. He made the remarks during a catechesis devoted to the “vice of lust” at his general audience in Saint Peter’s Square. He said sexual pleasure was something to be cherished, but it was being “undermined by pornography,” and “satisfaction…

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A Catholic priest is reaching the hearts of millions of TikTok users by sharing his story of turning away from drugs and toward a life filled with the Holy Spirit. Father Frank Cicero, who’s gained almost 14 million likes on TikTok, says he experienced a “wild ride of God’s goodness” after turning toward his Savior.…

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For over a decade, Ellie Hidalgo has been campaigning to expand the role of women in the Catholic Church. The Miami woman is co-director of a nonprofit, Discerning Deacons, which invites other Catholics to consider ordaining women as deacons, a clergy role that has always been opened to married men. That would allow women, for…

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A Catholic exorcist is warning against using occultic tools like the Ouija board, sounding the alarm that such actions could open demonic doors. Fr. Dan Reehil, a priest with the Diocese of Nashville, told Fox News the spiritual realm is authentic and must be taken into account, noting the perils of forgetting its presence. Reehil…

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