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Jonah McKeown
No, ‘AI Jesus’ isn’t actually hearing confessions: fact check
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Nov 21, 2024 / 15:50 pm Numerous news reports in recent days reported that a new artificially intelligent “Jesus” has begun taking people’s confessions at a Catholic church in Switzerland. Claim: A holographic “AI Jesus” has been created and deployed at a chapel in Switzerland specifically to hear confessions. CNA finds: St. Peter’s …
3 states reject pro-abortion ballot measures while 7 other states expand abortion
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Nov 6, 2024 / 10:15 am Voters in Florida, Nebraska, and South Dakota on Tuesday night voted down major pro-abortion proposals in their states, while seven other states saw voters approve measures to expand abortion, in several cases codifying abortion access into the state constitution. After …
Privacy in the confessional: Is your smartphone listening to your sins?
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Oct 28, 2024 / 06:00 am Anyone who uses a smartphone has likely experienced the same unsettling phenomenon — a pointedly placed advertisement that seems to show up right after you’ve discussed a topic or product. Could it be true that your phone is “listening” to …
Numerous Florida parishes, ministry facilities damaged by Hurricane Milton
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Oct 10, 2024 / 17:35 pm Catholic parishes, pro-life pregnancy centers, and other ministries in Florida suffered damage in the wake of Hurricane Milton, according to the Diocese of St. Petersburg — which encompasses much of the Tampa area — and the more southerly Diocese of Venice, which bore the …
Pro-life advocates bear witness at Ohio March for Life in Columbus
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Oct 4, 2024 / 17:55 pm Crowds of people gathered in downtown Columbus, Ohio, today for the Ohio March for Life, the first such gathering to be held in the state since Ohio voters approved a sweeping constitutional amendment to expand abortion. Photos and videos posted on social …
Are modern Bible translations always better? A Catholic linguist praises St. Jerome’s Vulgate
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Sep 30, 2024 / 04:00 am Most people know that St. Jerome — whose feast day the Catholic Church celebrates on Sept. 30 — is famous for translating the entire Bible into Latin in the fourth century A.D., creating a widely read edition later known as the Vulgate. …
Missouri executes Muslim prisoner Marcellus Williams despite Catholic protest
By Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Sep 25, 2024 / 13:20 pm Missouri executed Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams on Tuesday evening for the brutal murder of a St. Louis journalist in 1998 despite significant local and national outcry from Catholics and others who begged state authorities not to carry out the execution, …
Harris calls for end to Senate filibuster to pass ‘abortion rights’ legislation
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Sep 24, 2024 / 15:25 pm Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris this week called for an end to the Senate procedure known as the filibuster, saying the change should be made in order to pass federal legislation protecting access to abortion. In an interview with Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) that …
Cardinal Schönborn: ‘We must accept the decline of Europe’
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Sep 10, 2024 / 06:00 am Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, OP, archbishop of Vienna, said in a recent interview with a French Catholic magazine that in the face of rising secularization and the growth of Islam in many historically Christian nations, Catholics should “trust in the work …
James Earl Jones, legendary actor and Catholic convert, dies at 93
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Sep 9, 2024 / 18:15 pm James Earl Jones, a distinguished actor of stage and screen who was a convert to the Catholic faith, died Monday at age 93. Known for lending his booming voice to such characters as Darth Vader in the “Star Wars” saga …