Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006 from leukemia at the age of 15, was officially recognized as a saint by Pope Leo XIV on Sunday, bestowing the Catholic Church’s highest honor on a millennial for the first time. Sometimes also dubbed “God’s influencer,” St. Carlo’s emerging iconography often depicts him holding a laptop. (Stancatti, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreThe AI Bible is run by Pray.com, a for-profit company that claims to have "the world's #1 app for faith and prayer." The new AI videos are being warmly received online, according to Ryan Beck, Pray's Chief Technology Officer. The viewers are mostly under 30 and skew male, though not too heavily. (Brumfiel, NPR)
Read MoreThe study found that 21 per cent of the public affirmed four or more anti-Semitic statements, compared to 16 percent last year. In 2021, the figure was just 11 percent. Researchers said the findings showed that the number of people holding what would be considered entrenched anti-Semitic views has doubled in less than five years to more than a fifth of the population. (Sawer, The Telegraph)
Read MoreThe King will next week become the first monarch to attend a Catholic funeral in Britain in an official capacity since the Reformation more than 400 years ago. Charles, who is head of the Church of England, will attend a Requiem Mass at Westminster Cathedral — the largest Catholic church in England and Wales — for the Duchess of Kent. (Hayton & Nikkhah, The Times UK)
Read MoreBaptist World Alliance (BWA) General Secretary Elijah Brown and European Baptist Federation (EBF) General Secretary Alan Donaldson were each presented with national honours in recognition of the Baptist community’s vital role in providing humanitarian aid and spiritual care to millions affected by the war. (Baptists Together)
Read MoreAround the world, many people who do not identify with any religion nevertheless hold a variety of spiritual and religious beliefs, including the belief that there is life after death, according to a Pew Research Center study of religiously unaffiliated adults in 22 countries. (Evans, Lesage & Corichi, Pew Research)
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