Manila, Jan. 21 -- Some 70 Catholic bishops were present during the first of the four-day seminar before their 131st plenary assembly scheduled this weekend in the City of Manila.

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) News reported that the Catholic prelates on Tuesday attended the seminar which was held at the Pope Pius XII Catholic Center along U.N. Avenue.

One of the activities was orienting the bishop on the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) in their pastoral ministry, as well as AI's ethical, moral and security risks.

In his opening remarks, Caceres Archbishop Rex Andrew Alarcon, chair of the CBCP-Episcopal Commission on Social Communications, underscored the need for the Church to engage in emer...