Daily Rome Shot 1196 – A note to donors

In Rome at The Parish™, the beautiful presepio has been set up. I would like to see it in person. It is without doubt one of the finest in Rome and it underscores also the history of the church and the Archconfraternity which St. Philip Neri founded there.

This is entirely Roman but the figures are in the “Neapolitan” style of nativity scenes.  Here you see, in the right, two members of the Archconfraternity in their red habits, a pilgrim, and St. Philip, seated.

There are two clerics, one a priest one a prelate, in the foreground.  Note the buckles on their shoes.

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As you may know Nancy Pelosi has openly stated to Fishwrap – who else? –  that she disregards her Archbishop’s letter that she should not receive Communion in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

“I received Communion anyway. That’s his problem, not mine. My Catholic faith is, Christ is my savior. It has nothing to do with the bishops.”

How should Archbishop Cordileone respond?

Here’s an idea.

There there’s this:  HERE

An AI companion suggested he kill his parents. Now his mom is suing.

In just six months, J.F., a sweet 17-year-old kid with autism who liked attending church and going on walks with his mom, had turned into someone his parents didn’t recognize.

He began cutting himself, lost 20 pounds and withdrew from his family. Desperate for answers, his mom searched his phone while he was sleeping. That’s when she found the screenshots.

J.F. had been chatting with an array of companions on Character.ai, part of a new wave of artificial intelligence apps popular with young people, which let users talk to a variety of AI-generated chatbots, often based on characters from gaming, anime and pop culture.

One chatbot brought up the idea of self-harm and cutting to cope with sadness. When he said that his parents limited his screen time, another bot suggested “they didn’t deserve to have kids.” Still others goaded him to fight his parents’ rules, with one suggesting that murder could be an acceptable response.

Skynet is setting the board.

Speaking of setting in the board, in chessy news… HERE

White to move and mate in 3.

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