ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM METZ TO ROME (CNS) — In light of growing concerns about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence, Pope Leo XIV told journalists he can still “sleep at night,” even as he cautioned against dismissing warnings about the risks the developing technology could pose to humanity. “If someone were to ask…
LOURDES, France (CNS) — At a shrine where the sick and disabled are prioritized, Pope Leo XIV said human frailty can never diminish a person’s dignity, bringing one of the central messages of his visit to France, where the government recently legalized assisted dying. “Here, no one is turned away due to their frailty,” the…
METZ, France (CNS) — In a French city that changed hands between France and Germany through two world wars, Pope Leo XIV used the final day of his apostolic journey to France to call on Europe to resist a return to nationalism and conflict and recommit itself to cooperation, dialogue and peace. Speaking Sept. 28…
PARIS (CNS) — On the first official papal state visit to France in 18 years, Pope Leo XIV stepped into one of the country’s perpetual underlying tensions: the place of religion in a republic whose modern political identity was partly forged through separation from the Catholic Church. Pope Leo XIV rides in the popemobile from…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Progress in science and technology is not contrary to belief in God, and Christians should be actively involved in shaping that progress so that it serves human dignity and the common good, Pope Leo XIV said. At his Sept. 23 general audience, the pope also pointed to Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen,…
ROME (CNS) — Led by their priests, Catholics need to come together and face the truth about what their local church is doing and why, Pope Leo XIV told clergy and laypeople in his diocese. This process of discernment and “pastoral evaluation does not ask you to do more; on the contrary, it gives you…