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Lewd Clergy & Robot Soldier by 2027
Footage on Pub Mass
Re: Pub Mass in Prague
We have made two small video compilations of the Pub Mass in Prague, which our readers can access here (10 min) and here (2 min), with translated captions in English (facilitated by Google Translate).
It may be useful for them to discuss with their friends.
Cordially,
TIA media
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Persecuting Underground Church
Here (see article below) you have China telling the Vatican again what is and is not allowed in the Communist Catholic Patriotic Church. Which means NOTHING without government oversight and approval. They just released a set of new rules to forbid any underground or house churches. The Underground Church – which still exists – is under severe persecution, but no one seems to care anymore. May the Risen Christ help the real Church to rise again.
Thank you for your reposts on this forgotten topic.
M.G.
China is tightening its grip on religion once again, rolling out a new set of administrative rules aimed at foreign religious activities within its borders. The regulations, published April 1 by the National Religious Affairs Administration (NRAA), are set to take effect May 1.
The move is part of Beijing’s broader campaign to “Sinicize” religion—aligning spiritual life more closely with the ideology of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Under the new rules, foreigners participating in religious activity must obey Chinese laws, uphold the principle of religious independence and self-management, and submit to government oversight.
According to the regulations, foreign religious activities will only be permitted in officially recognized places of worship — such as Buddhist temples, churches, and mosques — or in temporary locations that have received special approval from local authorities under CCP control. “This is essentially a formalization of what’s already been happening informally for years,” said a Christian source inside China.
The crackdown adds to a sweeping effort that began in 2015 under President Xi Jinping, when he launched his Sinicization plan. Since then, authorities have imposed tighter restrictions on religious life: surveillance cameras in places of worship, removal of crosses from church facades, mandatory portraits of Xi Jinping inside religious buildings, and censorship of religious texts.
One significant update in the new guidelines is the requirement that each foreign religious group officially designate three “organizers”—individuals who will serve as points of contact with the government, especially in the event of any issues. To qualify, these organizers must legally reside in China, have a clean legal record, be publicly accountable for their actions, and not hold any diplomatic privileges or immunity....”
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Robot Soldier by 2027
The robot-soldier is coming shortly; read below. In principle it is very good because it allegedly saves lives. The reality, however, is that it will completely change the concept of war. It will no longer be the art of conquering other people through force and intelligence, but it will become a competition of technology.
In other words, war stops being the noble activity of exposing one’s life for a higher cause. It becomes the mere display of money and technology.
It is noble; it will become bourgeois.
Keep up the good work.
In Christ Jesus,
E.J.
Ben Wolfgang
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — The Army plans to field its first “human-machine integrated formation platoons” by 2027, a transformational shift that the Pentagon says will allow robots to make first contact with the enemy on the battlefield.
Those human-machine integrated formations, or HMIF, are part of a strategy to protect the Army’s most valuable resource — its soldiers — by sending robots into direct combat, to remove obstacles or to defuse explosives before they kill or injure U.S. personnel. It’s a central part of what some Army officials refer to as “no blood through first contact,” a war fighting principle that aims to leverage artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, advanced robotics and other technological advantages to protect soldiers.
It’s a key point of discussion at the Association of the United States Army’s Global Force Symposium & Exposition this week in Huntsville, one of the nation’s epicenters for cutting-edge research, development and fielding of capabilities in the space, military and other domains critical to U.S. national security.
Army officials say the HMIF initiative is a recognition of the changing nature of war and of the fighting forces waging it. “Military operations worldwide are becoming increasingly dominated by the integration of humans and machines on the battlefield,” said Lt. Col. Jonathan Judy, a military deputy for HMIF in the Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office.
“HMIF will bring robot systems into formations with the goal of having machines, not soldiers, make first contact with the enemy,” Lt. Col. Judy told an audience here. “Our primary goal in the development of HMI formations is to integrate and standardize interfaces of multiple technologies to increase formation capabilities while minimizing the cognitive burden on our soldiers.”
He said that the human-machine capabilities will be rolled out in two configurations, one for armored vehicles and another for infantry. Lt. Col. Judy said that a central piece of the program is to “push out the forward line of robotics as far as possible,” meaning that Army personnel would potentially rely on robots to operate as deep into the battlefield as possible before humans enter the fight directly.
The Army’s push for reliance on robotics comes amid the rapid pace of evolution in the military technology space. Drones and other uncrewed systems have become commonplace on today’s battlefields, in the Russia-Ukraine war, Middle East conflicts and elsewhere around the world.
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Posted April 10, 2025
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Re: Filipino clergy celebrate St. Valentine
To fellow Filipino Catholics who use that ubiquitous tagline "Who are we to judge?" and "Mind your own business", here is my answer:
We judge them on the basis of common sense. And we find what they have done as lewd and unbecoming of the clergy of Bohol. As much as possible, we are not supposed to live in a bubble or in an echo chamber. The comments in question are a side-effect of such.
And honestly, I struggle to pray for clergy like this if they always conform to the ways of the world and not on what is expected of them by God, the Church, and wider society. In short, minding one's business does not apply if the criticism is about the character of people who are supposed to think, say, and do one thing but thinks, says, and does another.
That's hypocrisy, and that is what is in question here.
I.J.R., Facebook