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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — At a time when digital technologies are developing at a rapid and unpredictable pace, every single person must decide if she or he will be: a passive bystander; an unhelpful commentator; an avaricious architect of a new “Tower of Babel”; or a patient, hope-filled builder of a “civilization of love,” Pope…
WASHINGTON – Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), issued a statement today welcoming Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence. Archbishop Coakley’s statement follows: “The Church in the United States welcomes the publication of Pope Leo XIV’s…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV celebrated Pentecost by highlighting the role of the Holy Spirit in his repeated calls for peace in recent months, saying the spirit also guides the Church to truth amid a world marked by war, division and ideological fragmentation. During Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, the pope said the…
WASHINGTON – Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of the Most Reverend Alejandro D. Aclan, 75, from the Office of Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles. The resignation was publicized in Washington, D.C. on May 22, 2026, by Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, apostolic nuncio to the United States. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is in the…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV knows an ethical approach to artificial intelligence and digital technologies is not enough, and he will stress the need for embracing the Christian vision of humanity and creation in his upcoming encyclical, the head of a papal academy said. A set of ethical guidelines by itself is just…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christ is present in the liturgy — in the word that is proclaimed, in the sacraments, in the ministers, in the community and most of all in the Eucharist, Pope Leo XIV said. “Let us allow ourselves to be shaped from within by the rites, symbols, gestures and above all by…