The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco on Monday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, saying it is necessary to resolve the more than 500 lawsuits of child sexual abuse dating back decades, prompting victim advocates to call the decision an attempt to deny justice and transparency for survivors. (Villegas, The Washington Post)
Read More“None” is the term that social scientists use to describe Americans who say they don’t belong to or practice a particular religious faith. This bloc has grown from around 5 percent of Americans in the early 1990s to nearly 30 percent today. Most nones aren’t atheists, but what researchers call “nothing in particulars,” people who aren’t quite sure what they believe. (Bacon, The Washington Post)
Read MoreA paper from U.K.-based researchers suggests that OpenAI’s ChatGPT has a liberal bias, highlighting how artificial intelligence companies are struggling to control the behavior of the bots even as they push them out to millions of users worldwide. (De Vynck, The Washington Post)
Read MoreA teacher in an Atlanta suburb has been fired for reading a book to fifth-grade students that explores gender roles and identity through the eyes of a child who describes their shadow as purple, her lawyer said on Friday. (Hauser, The New York Times)
Read More“Russian propaganda tries to somehow make it into a holy war but I don’t think it’s working out for them. Everyone’s just fighting for money,” said Alexander, 26, who was an officer in a signals regiment in the south of Ukraine last year, before fleeing Russia when on leave last September. (Clover, The Times UK)
Read MoreA Catholic school system in Massachusetts has issued a new policy that orders students to use their names and pronouns assigned at birth and to conduct themselves in a manner “consistent with their biological sex,” drawing criticism in the latest clash between religious leaders and proponents of gender and sexual fluidity. (Medina, The New York Times)
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