Life Site News:  I have recently read the statement by Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão  regarding the family at the Amoris Laetitia Summit in Rome. I was disturbed but not as utterly shocked as I should have been. I would have been more shocked had the statement not been a part of a whole host of alarming comments and actions from some of the hierarchy of the Church rooted in the so-called Synodal Wa…

Life Site News:  Pope Leo XIV will travel to on October 27 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the controversial interreligious prayer gathering launched by Pope John Paul II in 1986, together with representatives of the world’s religions. On October 6, a press conference organized by the Community of Sant’Egidio announced that the international meeting marking the 40th anniversary of the Worl…

Anthropic: For most of AI’s history, humans drove every step in its development cycle. But at Anthropic, we are delegating a growing share of AI development to AI systems themselves, which is speeding up our work. Taken far enough, and given enough compute, that trend points to an AI system capable of fully autonomously designing and developing its own successor. This is called recursive self-…

AI: Key Dynamics & Financial Strategies De-Dollarization Focus: The discussion of alternative payment networks has emerged as a central theme of the 2026 summit. China is actively promoting the digital yuan to establish direct settlement mechanisms between member countries. This reduces reliance on traditional US dollar-based financial architectures.  Contrasting Approaches with India…

Newsmax: President Donald Trump has expanded his recent geographic rebranding campaign from renaming U.S. locations to sharing AI-generated maps depicting Canada, Mexico, and other foreign territories as part of an expanded America. Trump shared the images on social media during a Labor Day posting spree, with one map showing the American flag covering large portions of Canada, Mexico, and Greenl…

Arutz Sheva: Board of Peace High Representative Nickolay Mladenov issued a rare statement in Hebrew on Wednesday rejecting claims of a financial agreement between the Board of Peace and Hamas, saying that no such proposal was discussed or negotiated and that it will not be considered in the future. “Claims regarding a financial agreement between the Board of Peace and Hamas are false,” Mladenov s…

AI Overview:  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Central Bank (ECB) are advancing their alignment on the Digital Euro, viewing it as an essential step to secure Europe’s monetary sovereignty, increase productivity, and reduce reliance on U.S.-owned payment infrastructure.  Following a decisive vote in the European Parliament to begin final negotiations on the legislative frame…

CNN: The US will soon begin issuing passports featuring an image of President Donald Trump inside, a State Department official said Tuesday. The official said that the passport “will be the default passport out of the Washington Passport Agency when available” for those who renew their passports in person at that location. “Online options or other locations will maintain existing passport design…

CNBC: JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said the Iran war is risky in the short run but could improve the odds of a lasting Middle East peace. Dimon tied the peace calculus directly to economics, arguing that foreign direct investment flowing into the region will stall without stability. Speaking with Palantir executive Mike Gallagher at a Washington, D.C., conference, Dimon said the regional attit…

LifeSite News: The Holy See has declined President Donald Trump’s invitation to join the Board of Peace, the stated aim of which is the governance of global areas affected by conflict. On Wednesday, February 17, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin told reporters that the Holy See “will not participate in the Board of Peace due to its particular nature, which is clearly not that of…

Slay News: Canada’s federal government is quietly moving forward with a national digital ID system, slipping the plan into the depths of its 2025 budget where almost no one would notice. On page 490 of the massive document, the Liberal Party government proposes to “modernize legislative authorities to support information sharing and digital services” within the Department of Employment and Social…

LifeSite News: It always pays to scrutinize closely the comments of financial elites because they are rarely honest about their intentions. An instance is the comments of Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB) who said there will be a vote next month in the European Union parliament on the next step toward creating a digital euro, which would be a central bank digital cur…