Pope 'Deepfake' Video, Ms. Mike Schmitz, Catholic Charter School | Week in review

1. All speeches and news from Pope Leo XIV Since his choice are available on May 8th On the Vatican website and should be consulted Before sharing alleged quotes or videos, said Vatican News. The warning published by May 21 follows the publication of A 36-minute AI-generated “Deepfake” video on YouTube – one of Several social media jokes in which the new Pope is involved.

2nd May 18, Eight young adults made their way For a 36-day National Eucharistic pilgrimage Go from Indiana to California. The St. Katharine Drexel Route will cross 10 states Closure to the feast of the body of ChristJune 22, in Los Angeles. A live blog with pilgrim updates can be found on our website.

3 .. the Catholic University of America has reduced 7% of its workforceas part of a financial restructuring to a 30 million US dollars deficit under decline in enrollment Sales and increasing total costs. The cuts will be Save the university around 9.7 million US dollars Every year “was necessary to achieve A balanced budget At the current financial year, ”said University President Peter Kilpatrick.

4. known for his hit podcasts “The Bible in a year” And “Catechism in one year”, Father Mike Schmitz now takes his message on the street with one nationwide tour With the title “Parables. A time of reflection with Ms. Mike Schmitz”. proceeds will support the Seeds of Faith campaignWhat aims to expand the Newman Center in which Father Schmitz has been working as a chaplain for 20 years.

5. The Archdiocese of New Orleans has reached A Memorandum of Understanding with creditors In his long -term bankruptcy case, the five years and more than 41 million US 500 abuse claims.

6. The Church in Poland is preparing to celebrate this Six of Father Stanislaw StreichA modest community priest 1938 murdered in the altar. On May 24th Cardinal Marcello Semeraro will lead the ceremony and acknowledges Father Streich as a martyr killed “in odium fidei” – “in hate against faith”.

7. A uniformly derived US Supreme Court On May 22nd, A Main regulation In one case about what the nation would have been First Catholic Charter SchoolEffectively block the effort. The 4-4 judgment of the Supreme Court means that a decision by the Oklahoma Supreme Court, in which the establishment of the St. Isidore by Sevilla Catholic Virtual School The publicly financed religious school will be unconstitutional.

8. Catholic Bishops from Europe and Africa have given a strong joint explanation Warning of this Africa Will be again “Battlefield for external interests” – Especially through land, resource and Europe climate patient. In the run -up to the Foreign Minister of the European Union and the meetings of Foreign Minister of the European Union, the Bishops Perforated large-scale land negotiations for green energy and carbon offsetThey call unfair and exploitative.

9. Pope Leo XIV opened his papacy with mass May 18 and in the following week, Had the audience With the Ukrainian president, the US Vice President, religious leader, the national directors of the papal mission societies and other groups. He too made several appointmentsincluding his First appointment of a top official the Roman curia, Description of Sister Tiziana Merletti as Secretary of the Dizaster for Institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life. He too Advanced holiness causes of two murdered missionaries and his June Event calendar includes a consistory of cardinals Vote about the canonization of some sacred candidates. Be First Wednesday General audience May 21 was on the Säm's gospel parable – Read the full text his address.

10. In Washington, President Donald Trump signed the law on May 19 Take itA measure that will Prohibition the non -mutually acceptable online publication sexually explicit pictures and videos – generated both authentically and by artificial intelligence. The US representative house on May 22nd there was a comprehensive package for the agenda of President Donald Trump, who sent the bill to the Senate for examination; Catholic leaders have alternate Various provisions praised and criticized In the house version of this package. Former US President Joe BidenThe second Catholic President of the nation also revealed on May 18 that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

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