In the aftermath of Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical letter Magifica Humanitas, human resource professionals are gearing up for a previously unexplored scenario — religious accommodations to avoid using artificial intelligence tools in the workplace. Pope Leo’s letter cautions humanity about the potential…
Defying pope and facing excommunication, SSPX consecrates bishops at huge outdoor Mass
Moments after swearing obedience to the Catholic Church, the pope and his legitimate successors, four priests were made bishops without papal approval in what Pope Leo XIV had warned would be a “schismatic act.”
The permanent paradoxes of Christian thinking about war
The morality of warfare has been in the news recently. This occurs every so often, usually when the United States launches a dubious military action (like the one against Iran) and someone in the administration (like JD Vance) claims the support…
Pope promotes Italian nun to top migrant role in his first major appointment of a woman to Holy See
Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday made his first major appointment of a woman to the Holy See hierarchy, promoting Italian Sister Alessandra Smerilli to head the Vatican office responsible for migrants, the environment and development.
Pope Leo urges outward-looking church at meeting of world’s cardinals
Pope Leo XIV told the world’s cardinals gathered in Rome that they were “not here primarily to reflect on the internal life of the church,” but to discern how they can bring the Gospel to a world scarred by war…
Vatican says “No” to German bishops’ request for lay homilies
The Vatican has rejected a request from the German bishops for permission to allow lay persons to deliver the homily in “exceptional circumstances” instead of a cleric.
Pope Leo has initiated the conversation Black Catholics have been waiting for
There is a woman I think of when I read Magnifica Humanitas. She has no name in the historical record. She exists only in the diary of Jesuit Fr. Peter Havermans, who wrote about her in November 1838, the month after the…
Seeing Pope Leo XIV’s AI Encyclical Through A Jewish Lens
Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical entitled “Magnifica Humanitas” warns readers of the opportune dangers of a technocratic digital sphere.
Pope Leo tells human traffickers to ‘repent’ or face God’s judgment
Pope Leo XIV issued a stark warning to human traffickers, telling them to “repent” or face the judgment of God, during a speech to charity workers for the integration of migrants on the Spanish island of Tenerife on Friday (June…
Pope Leo XIV makes heartfelt appeal for migrants: ‘Human dignity has no passport’
Pope Leo XIV delivered a heartfelt speech addressing migrants on Thursday (June 11), reminding them of their worth and dignity even as they suffer at the hands of traffickers and mafias. He also spoke directly to the church and states…
Pope in Barcelona talks mental health, violence against women
Pope Leo XIV offered a stirring message of hope amid suffering in Barcelona on Tuesday after taking questions from young people who had struggled with abuse and depression.
Christian theologians react to the pope’s ai warning
The broader church has not always loved popes named Leo. Pope Leo X in 1520 described Martin Luther as a “wild boar from the forest” destroying the church. Pope Leo XII asserted in 1824 that Bible societies “produce a gospel of men, or what…