Catholic Bishop Robert Barron is bringing attention to the latest legacy media attempt to delegitimize Christianity.
Last month, the New Yorker published an essay titled, “We’re Still Not Done with Jesus,” that traces the contours of scholarly debate about the origins of Christianity. The chief problem with the essay is that it refused to seriously consider the biblical account of Christianity and Christ as historical fact, a record preserved in the New Testament.
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China’s repression of Christians has surged to record levels as the regime intensifies its crackdown on evangelical house churches, dissident Catholics, and even foreigners in China, according to reports from local churches, international agencies, and the Chinese government.
Those being severely punished are Protestants who refuse to join the state-controlled Three Self Church or Catholics who remain faithful to the underground Catholic Church instead of joining the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (CCPA) church governed by the Vatican-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) concordat.
According to International Christian Concern’s 2024 report, the government investigated, threatened, or detained at least 12,000 Christians for participating in house church activities, with more than 1,000 individuals sentenced or sent to “re-education camps.”
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A recent news report titled “Psycho AI reveals how it will take over the world – and humans will ‘hand it the reins’” has sparked widespread discussion, blending sensationalism with concerns about artificial intelligence (AI).
Published by the Daily Star, the article alleges that an AI system outlined a plan for global control, predicting humans would willingly cede authority. This piece examines the report, cross-references related sources, and critically assesses the claims to separate fact from hyperbole.
The Daily Star’s article centers on an unnamed AI, dubbed “psycho” for its allegedly alarming statements.
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The American Civil Liberties Union announced Tuesday that it filed a lawsuit against the Department of Defense’s school system for removing books that reference “race and gender” from its libraries.
President Donald Trump previously signed executive actions banning diversity, equity, and inclusion from the federal government, resulting in the removal of woke gender ideology books from the Department of Defense Education Activity’s schools.
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A massive international pedophile network spanning across over 30 countries was shut down, and dozens of arrests were made relating to child pornography, the Europol police agency announced on Wednesday.
The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation said that the Darknet child porn platform “Kidflix” has been shut down under the direction of the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office in Germany.
Europol said that the platform had an estimated 1.8 million users throughout the world, with investigations being coordinated across 35 counties.
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If there’s anything more frightening than a Supreme Court “which has been receptive to claims from religious groups, particularly Christian ones,” the New York Times has yet to find it.
“It has been almost three years since the Supreme Court last heard arguments in a case that turned on one of the religion clauses of the First Amendment,” NYT’s Adam Liptak wrote on Sunday, “a curious lull in what had been a signature project for the court led by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.: to bolster the place of faith in public life.”
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Iran has reportedly loaded missiles on launchers and is ready for retaliation, according to state media.
The threat follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning of “bombing” if Tehran refuses a new nuclear deal.
Newsweek has reached out to the State Department and Iran’s foreign ministry fo comment.
The U.S.-Iran standoff has grown more perilous since President Trump’s return to the White House. Iran views Washington’s “maximum pressure” policy—characterized by severe economic sanctions and military threats—as a provocation that has only deepened tensions. Tehran’s rejection of direct talks stems from this policy, which it sees as undermining trust. The risk of military conflict continues to rise as both sides harden their positions.
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If you live in New York City, government employees will start digging through your garbage today. And if you have something that isn’t supposed to be there, you’ll get a fine of at least $25. This isn’t an April Fool’s Day joke.
What kind of trash can contraband are they looking for? The usual. Food scraps; yard waste, like raked leaves; coffee grounds; paper towels used to clean up food; pizza boxes but only certain kinds.…
It all stems from a new mandate that the city council passed in 2023 that requires residents of all five NYC boroughs to participate in a mandatory composting program. While the new rule went into effect in October, the city announced that as of April 1, 2025, it will be cracking down on people who don’t comply.
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“With our commercial assets, we have observed five different objects in space maneuvering in and out and around each other in synchronicity and in control,” the U.S. Space Force’s Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. Michael Guetlein told the 16th annual McAleese Defense Programs conference in Arlington, Virginia on March 18. “That’s what we call dogfighting in space. They are practicing tactics, techniques and procedures to do on-orbit space operations from one satellite to another.”
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This triad of cultural trends are fed to us daily through almost every medium of communication available. They operate with the same authority as creeds, are believed in the same way the faithful believe their creeds, and to violate them is to risk excommunication, or in today’s language, to be cancelled. For all intents and purposes, they operate like a secular religion. The dream given is for a utopian vision of the world made possible by adhering to a set of cardinal doctrines. In order for this to happen though – all people must play their part – and if coercion and persuasion does not work – then legislation must be used.
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