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  DIVINE OFFICE / LITURGY OF THE HOURS is the Prayer of Christ and the Church "Christ Jesus, high priest of the new and eternal covenant, taking human nature, introduced into this earthly exile that hymn which is sung throughout all ages in the halls of heaven. He joins the entire community of mankind to Himself, associating it with His own singing of this canticle of divine praise."   (Vatican II Constitution on Sacred Liturgy, #86) "For he continues His priestly work through the agency of His Church, which is ceaselessly engaged in praising the Lord and interceding for the salvation of the whole world. She does this, not only by celebrating the Eucharist, but also in other ways, especially by praying the Divine Office."   (Vatican II Constitution on Sacred Liturgy, #86) "Lauds as Morning Prayer and Vespers as Evening Prayer are the two hinges on which the daily office turns; hence they are to be considered as the chief hours and are to be celebrated as such....

  WIP: VIDEOS FOR PSALMS OF CREATION BEGUN SEPTEMBER 3, 2026  ON UNUSED POST FOR MORNING PRAISE FOR SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 BOTH A THURSDAY IN WEEK TWENTY- TWO OF ORDINARY TIME OCCURANCE OF WORD HEAVEN(S) IN THE PSALMS OCCURANCE OF THE WORD EARTH IN THE PSALMS OCCURANCE OF THE WORD WORK IN THE PSALMS

  World Population Prospects 2024 Global Population Growth is Slowing US Population Growth Corrected Downward Immigration Makes Up Most of US Population Growth

  World Population Prospects 2024: Ten Key Messages 1. The world’s population is likely to peak within the current century.  • The world’s population is expected to continue growing over the coming 50 or 60 years, reaching a peak of around 10.3 billion people in the mid-2080s, up from 8.2 billion in 2024. • After peaking, the global population is projected to start declining gradually, falling to 10.2 billion people by the end of the century. • The estimated likelihood that the world’s population will peak within the current century is very high (with a probability of 80 per cent).  • This represents a major change compared to projections published by the United Nations in 2013, when the estimated probability that global population growth would end during the twenty-first century was around 30 per cent. • The size of the world’s population in 2100 is now expected to be 6 per cent smaller – or about 700 million people fewer – than anticipated a decade ago. • The earlier oc...

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  How a Gang of Thieves Pulled Off a Multimillion-Dollar Data Center Heist - The New York Times The world’s most valuable assets are stored on rows of servers in giant, anonymous buildings. And they can be stolen. Nathaniel Rich examined the Verizon heist while conducting research for his novel “Cloudthief.” The bankers “were involved in prime mortgages” and had “circumnavigated” certain regulations. Damning evidence of these circumnavigations could be found in banking files held in the King’s Cross area in a giant building known as a data center. This data center was operated by the business division of Verizon, which had inherited the facility, and about 20 other data centers, through a recent series of corporate mergers. Among the corporations that rented server space from Verizon were various major financial institutions, including one of the world’s largest banks. Ellis’s assignment was to break into the data center and steal around 80 servers that hosted the incriminating fil...

  STATISTA US Population Growth Projections Corrected Downwards y Katharina Buchholz,   Jul 10, 2026 The population of the United States is projected to keep on climbing beyond 2100. However, the rate of increase that can be expected until 2050 has been significantly corrected downwards over the last couple of years. According to the Congressional Budget Office, 349 million people live in the United States in 2026. In 2050, this is expected to have risen to 364 million. In 2019, previous to the coronavirus pandemic, the 2050 forecast had still shown a U.S. population of 389 million. As seen in the data, U.S. population projections were substantially impacted by Covid-19, as the country experienced high excess mortality and projections kept being corrected downwards due to this fact. In the years when the pandemic subsided, forecasts showed higher expected population numbers again, while 2025 and 2026 projections trended lower once more. The latest 2026 forecast reached a new l...

  STATISTA: US POPULATION GROWTH BIRTHS VS IMMIGRATION by Katharina Buchholz,  Jul 10, 2026 The U.S. population grew by around 1.8 million people last year and immigrants made up more than 70 percent of that increase. Immigration is responsible for a rising share of U.S. population growth, while fewer births taking place in the country have diminished the role of natural population increase, as shown in figures by the U.S. Census Bureau. Apart from this general trend, fluctuations tied to immigration policy are clearly visible in the data (as is the release of a new Census in 2021). During the first Trump administration, fewer immigrants settled permanently in the country in 2017-2019, causing the share of immigration in population growth to shrink. The same happened in 2025 when immigrant settlements fell once again from their post-Covid peak (after the pandemic itself had been another factor that disrupted immigration flows). In 2011, only around 35 percent of U.S. populatio...

  STATISTA: How Global Population Growth is Slowing by Katharina Buchholz,   Jul 10, 2026 According to UN calculations, the world's population will cross the 10-billion mark in 2061. By the end of the century, however, this number will have started to decline slightly, having reached a high around 10.3 billion in 2084. Leading up to this reversal, the growth of the global populace has actually been slowing down for decades, as seen in numbers by the UN Population Division. The organization celebrates World Population Day on Saturday. While the above figures are according to the UN's medium scenario of moderate fertility, a case where global birth rates sink even more drastically would result in a reversal of population growth already around the early 2060s, at a high of just under 10 billion people on Earth. This would result in a world population around 9 billion again by the end of the century. Some academics believe that a global population decline at an even faster rate is...

 7. In order to answer these questions and discern how to navigate responsibly the era of AI, I would like to bring to mind two scenes from the Bible: the construction of the Tower of Babel (cf. Gen 11:1-9) and the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem (cf. Neh 2–6)  It was a project conceived without reference to God, supported by a uniformity that eliminated diversity and that chose homogenization over communion. When a city is built on pride and the claim to self-sufficiency, communication breaks down, languages are confused and people no longer understand each other. The result is not unity, but dispersion Before taking action, he fasted, prayed and interceded for the people. He then asked the king for permission to return to Jerusalem and, upon arriving, examined the destroyed areas in silence. He did not impose solutions from above. He convened the families, assigned each of them a section of the wall to rebuild, listened to their concerns, coordinated their efforts and a...

we must ask God for the wisdom to interpret the great trends of our time, particularly technological advances. In recent years , it has become increasingly evident how rapidly and profoundly digitalization, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are transforming our world. Technology should not be considered, in itself, as a force antagonistic to humanity. On the contrary, it has formed part of our history since the beginning as “a profoundly human reality, linked to the autonomy and freedom of man.” [5] Over the centuries, technological development has significantly improved the living conditions of humanity . At the same time, each phase of progress has also revealed the ambiguity of tools that can cause harm when not oriented toward the good.   Today, however, we find ourselves facing a new situation . The power and prevalence of emerging technologies are interwoven into the fabric of daily life, shaping decision-making processes and deeply affecting the collective imagi...

 Each generation inherits the task of shaping its own era, of guiding history to become a place where the dignity of every person is safeguarded, justice is promoted and fraternity is made possible. Yet every era also runs the risk of creating an inhumane and more unjust world For this reason, we can diligently contribute to every initiative that builds a more just world, and we can call others to collaborate in promoting the integral development of every human being. We wish to engage in dialogue with all men and women of our time, with whom we share in the events, questions and aspirations of humanity. [2] Together with them, we seek to identify new paths for the common good and for promoting a dignified life for all.  Today, the Social Doctrine of the Church is a legacy of wisdom, where we find principles for thought, criteria for discernment and judgment, and concrete guidelines for action. Founded on Sacred Scripture and Tradition, and in engagement with the sciences, it ...

  FULL SPEECH: Pope Leo XIV Warns AI “Needs To Be Disarmed”  In Explosive Vatican Speech |  Text of Pope Leo's Speech at Presentation Like the earlier “Leo”, I feel entrusted to look upon another huge transformation with eyes of faith, with lucidity of reason, with openness to mystery, and with cries of the poor and the earth resounding in my heart. IMAGE OF DISARMAMENT From this listening matured a disturbing conviction expressed in Magnifica Humanitas: artificial intelligence needs to be disarmed. The word is strong, I know, but deliberately chosen because this moment needs words capable of attracting attention, awakening consciences and indicating paths forward for humanity. The Church has long been working for nuclear disarmament, aware that every great technical power can affect people’s lives and so must be accompanied by adequate moral discernment and public control. Nuclear disarmament remains a service to peace and the dignity of the human family. CONSTRUCTION SI...