AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoMental health & formation: A new report from the McGrath Institute flags a “startling disconnect” between seminary formators and psychological professionals, urging better mental-health support and clearer standards for assessing seminarians’ readiness. End-of-life care: France’s bishops say the newly approved assisted-dying law is a major break with medicine’s duty to relieve suffering, and they’re weighing legal options—especially around conscience protections for Catholic institutions. AI & nuclear risk: Nobel laureates and experts in Rome praised Pope Leo XIV’s “Magnifica Humanitas,” signing a declaration calling for a global treaty to keep AI off nuclear launch systems. Spiritual care training: In Manila, the Michael Center for Spiritual Liberation and Exorcism is training priests across Asia, emphasizing discernment between psychological and spiritual problems. Humanitarian crisis: Vatican News highlights Bishop William Shomali’s account of Gaza’s ongoing suffering and the hope of reopening schooling for children. Reproductive ethics in court: A Canadian lawsuit over surrogacy—after a surrogate allegedly refused an abortion request—reignites debate on ethics, consent, and medical decision-making.
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