The Catholic Church has stood strong down the centuries because she has welcomed advances in technology and learning while also being cautious. Technological advances are always subject to certain guiding principles.
Technology in and of itself is rarely evil. Most human inventions are merely tools which can be used for good or evil. Therefore we ask what good might come from a particular invention and what evil might result.
The foundational principle is always the good of the human individual, the good of the family and the good of human society. This sounds like a simple and easy solution, but as usual, the Catholic solution is always simple, but never easy.
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