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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Meeting an international cast of film directors and actors, Pope Leo XIV spoke about the power of cinema to help people “contemplate and understand life, to recount its greatness and fragility and to portray the longing for infinity.”  Pope Leo XIV greets Australian actor Cate Blanchett during a meeting with film…

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV does not intend to overturn Pope Francis’ limits on celebrating the traditional Latin Mass but will grant two-year dispensations to bishops who ask, a nuncio said. Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía, the apostolic nuncio to Great Britain, told bishops Nov. 13 that Pope Leo told him he would not…

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Academic rigor, dialogue and openness to other cultures and disciplines are essential for a Catholic university and even more so for the Pontifical Lateran University, which is often called “the pope’s university,” Pope Leo XIV said. The pope officially opened the Rome university’s 2025-2026 academic year Nov. 14 and told faculty…

BALTIMORE – At the plenary assembly in Baltimore on Wednesday, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) elected Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend as Conference Secretary. They also elected chairmen of six standing Conference committees. Bishop Rhoades will assume the office of secretary immediately upon conclusion of the plenary today, as he…

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence online and in schools demands stronger government-enforced safeguards, education in the critical use of media and more consistent monitoring by parents and teachers, Pope Leo XIV said. “Children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable to manipulation through AI algorithms that can influence their decisions and preferences,”…