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Hunger a ‘cheap tactic’ of war says Pope Leo

THE Pope has condemned the growing use of hunger as a tactic of war for controlling vulnerable populations, while re-committing his Church to working for peace and justice through closer ties with other denominations

03 Jul 2025

Viewpoint with Andrew Brown: Are there really demons in the machine?

IT ISN’T every week that the Church Times scoops The New York Times, but we did run the story about Chat-GPT driving people mad a week before their very comprehensive take on the story, which was based on interviews with victims

20 Jun 2025

Podcasts review

OCCASIONALLY, I am jolted from my complacency regarding the harmful uses of AI. In Another Round: Feminism vs. the algorithm, an edition of The PoliticsJOE Podcast, Laura Bates effectively uses statistics and true stories to highlight the alarming prevalence of AI in hyper-realistic deepfake pornography involving girls as young as 11 and 12

13 Jun 2025

Viewpoint with Andrew Brown: AIs awaken ‘demigods’ (or so they say . . .)

06 Jun 2025

Notebook: Sarah Sands

06 Jun 2025

Pope Leo, in his first meeting with diplomats, pledges to speak out against global inequalities

16 May 2025

Viewpoint with Andrew Brown: Would consciousness make an AI behave well?

16 May 2025

Podcast review: Black Box, Cautionary Tales, with Tim Harford, You’re Dead to Me, The Film, and 99% Invisible

16 May 2025

Pope Leo XIV defends ‘gift of free speech’ in first press conference

12 May 2025

Truth and ethics are important to future of news, Bishop of Oxford says

02 May 2025

Archbishop of Wales: Church must adapt and develop ‘more courageously’ to new challenges

01 May 2025

Viewpoint with Andrew Brown: It’s the end of higher education as we know it

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Artificial intelligence (AI)

Hunger a ‘cheap tactic’ of war says Pope Leo

Viewpoint with Andrew Brown: Are there really demons in the machine?

Podcasts review

Viewpoint with Andrew Brown: AIs awaken ‘demigods’ (or so they say . . .)

Notebook: Sarah Sands

Pope Leo, in his first meeting with diplomats, pledges to speak out against global inequalities

Viewpoint with Andrew Brown: Would consciousness make an AI behave well?

Podcast review: Black Box, Cautionary Tales, with Tim Harford, You’re Dead to Me, The Film, and 99% Invisible

Pope Leo XIV defends ‘gift of free speech’ in first press conference

Truth and ethics are important to future of news, Bishop of Oxford says

Archbishop of Wales: Church must adapt and develop ‘more courageously’ to new challenges

Viewpoint with Andrew Brown: It’s the end of higher education as we know it

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Synod votes against radical measures to redistribute Church Commissioners’ wealth

Historians call for Church Commissioners to scrap £100-million slavery justice fund

In the parish: the theory and reality of clergy work/life balance

No such thing as a free priest?

Leicester stalker had reference from Bishop Dyer

Synod votes against radical measures to redistribute Church Commissioners’ wealth

Historians call for Church Commissioners to scrap £100-million slavery justice fund

Ordination of lay ministers is ‘inflammatory’ say bishops

New C of E booklet invites the faithful to explore the Nicene Creed

Archbishop of York and RC Bishop of Middlesborough make ecumenical pilgrimage

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