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  WARNING: WORK IN PROGRESS The GUIDE to each month's posts begins to take shape around the middle of the month when about half of the posts for the month are complete. It is posted with the warning label that it is a draft. It will usually be completed at the end of the month and moved into the featured post for the next month, in this case November. At the bottom of the post will be a link for the SEPTEMBER GUIDE which was the featured post during the month of October. At the bottom is also a VERY tentative schedule for future monthly themes.    Old Age Dependency UN Projections   The Looming Retirement Crises Employment Age 56-64 in Selected Countries Statistical Profile of Lake County Adults      Time and Money During Retirement   An Aging Boom for American Catholicism      Old Age is Not a Disease The People of God in Lake County Gardening, Canning, and "Gleaning" Gleaning and the Ten Commandments Why the SAINT GABRIEL HOURS Bl...

  The Ten Commandments from the Book of Exodus are very familiar. The next Book of the Old Testament Leviticus deals with the construction of the Temple. Chapter 19 of this Book deals with the issue of integrating the commandments about ritual and morality. So much of the Ten Commandments are repeated but a longer list of commandments especially in regard to ritual purity are added.  Below is a comparison of the short list of Exodus and the long list of Leviticus. ***************************************************************** The Douay-Rheims American edition of the Bible is a very literal translation of the Latin Vulgate Bible which is a literal translation of the Greek Septuagint Bible. Since the Greek Septuagint Bible (not the Hebrew Bible) and the Greek New Testament were the texts in use in the Early Church, they are the texts that I use for study of the Bible. When NT authors use a Greek word, they (and their readers) likely heard echoes of the use of the word in the ...

From Commonweal , by Heidi Schlumpt:   Immigration & the American Bishops Meeting in November Trump’s assault on migrants will likely be a major topic. At least five U.S. Catholic bishops made public appearances last week to denounce the Trump administration’s immigration-enforcement operation, which has resulted in record numbers of people detained over the summer. A few others, and the U.S. bishops’ conference, released statements for the Vatican’s 112th World Day of Migrants and Refugees on Sunday, September 27. Bishop Michael Pham of San Diego, who gained attention last year for showing up at his local courthouse to accompany migrants and asylum-seekers, urged the administration to stop detaining families and children, including unaccompanied children, and to cease family separation.  Two days earlier, Pham and Auxiliary Bishop Felipe Pulido led an interreligious procession of more than four thousand people around San Diego’s Balboa Park to proclaim “All are sacred” o...

  How Are AI Tools Used in News Consumption? by Felix Richter, Sep 28, 2026 According to the Reuters Institute‘s latest Digital News Report, 10 percent of the more than 90,000 respondents surveyed globally use AI chatbots for news on a weekly basis, with the uptake significantly higher among younger people and heavy news consumer, i.e. those that access news 10+ times a day. But how do people who use AI chatbots for news consumption actually use these increasingly popular tools? The most common use case, named by 42 percent of AI news consumers, is to ask a follow-up question about a news story, be it to better understand or to get additional context. 35 percent of users asked chatbots to give them the latest news, which is arguably more threatening to publishers, as these users likely use AI tools, not publisher websites, as their entry point for news consumption. This also explains why some publishers have started to optimize content for visibility in AI chatbots, as clickthrough...

What Keeps Workers from Using AI on the Job?   by  Felix Richter,   Sep 29, 2026 While 4 in 10 workers surveyed for PwC’s Global Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey reported using AI tools at work at least weekly, making them an integral part of their work life, more than half of the almost 50,000 respondents said they used AI a few times a year or not at all, which was the case for 36 percent of workers. The reasons standing in the way of even broader adoption of AI tools are manifold. Among all respondents, concerns about accuracy and quality were the most cited barrier to AI use at work, named by 25 percent of all respondents and by more than 30 percent of frequent AI users. In second place was the lack of opportunities to use AI, which 23 percent of workers identified as an inhibiting factor to broader professional adoption. Interestingly, a perceived lack of opportunities to use AI was by far the most cited barrier among non-users at 34 percent. While there are certai...

  How Can Users Who Seek Mental Health Support from AI be Protected? by  Felix Richter, Oct 9, 2026 As more and more people lean on chatbots for comfort and guidance, experts have raised alarms over the potential pitfalls: erosion of social skills, unhealthy attachment to digital companions offering synthetic (i.e. fake) empathy, unvetted advice and the risk that vulnerable users might substitute professional help with AI tools. When it comes to safeguarding individuals who use AI for emotional well-being, however, users and non-users hold distinctly different priorities. According to a survey conducted by Mental Health America between May 2025 and July 2026, frequent users of AI for emotional support are primarily concerned with confidentiality. A leading 22 percent of regular users believe companies must ensure no one else can see their conversations, while 12 percent want guarantees that private chats won't be used to train models. At the same time, 15 percent want compani...

  Four in 10 Workers Use AI Daily; Agent AI Lags by  Felix Richter, Sep 29, 2026 As AI is reshaping the (working) world at breakneck speed, workers have no choice but to adapt to the new realities and requirements or risk being left behind . PwC’s Global Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey 2026, for which almost 50,000 workers from 48 countries were interviewed, finds that a gap is already opening up between those embracing AI and new ways of working and those lacking opportunities, motivation or support to acquire new skills. According to the survey, 64 percent of workers reported having used generative AI tools at work in the past 12 months, up 10 percentage points from the previous year. More than one in five workers even said they use AI at work every day now, highlighting the speed at which AI tools have reshaped the working lives of millions of people. At the other end of the spectrum, 36 percent of respondents haven’t used AI tools at work in the past year, and another 1...

  Almost 3 in 10 Americans Seek Personal Advice From AI by  Felix Richter, Oct 9, 2026 As AI has quickly become more capable and human-like in the way it responds to questions, many people are turning to chatbots as an accessible, non-judgmental way to discuss personal issues or mental health problem s. Ahead of World Mental Health Day on October 10, data suggests that millions of Americans are already using AI tools to navigate personal dilemmas and emotional challenges. According to a recent Statista Consumer Insights survey, getting personal advice or guidance is by far the most popular AI use case related to personal concerns and mental well-being, cited by 27 percent of U.S. respondents. Meanwhile, one in five Americans reported turning to AI tools specifically to reduce stress or anxiety, and 19 percent use them to learn more about mental health. Other common motivations include self-reflection and personal growth, talking through personal concerns, distraction and pract...

  Young People Most Likely to Turn to AI for Emotional Support by  Felix Richter ,   Oct 9, 2026 While artificial intelligence is making inroads across demographics, its adoption as an emotional support net is largely driven by younger generations. Digital natives, who already conduct much of their (social) lives online, are proving far more willing to confide in chatbots and companion apps than older users. Findings from Mental Health America , based on surveys of more than 10,000 respondents across the U.S., reveal a clear age gap that has widened over the past year. As of mid-2026, more than a third of respondents under the age of 18 reported that they regularly or often use AI for emotional support, up from 31 percent in 2025. Among young adults aged 18 to 24, adoption climbed even faster, surging from 20 percent to 29 percent. In contrast, reliance on AI for emotional coping drops sharply with age: Just 17 percent of 35 to 44-year-olds and 12 percent of adults aged ...