Pope Leo XIV warned Friday that a “paradise of machines” risked undermining humanity as he opened a trip to France by posing fundamental questions about what it means to be human in the age of artificial intelligence, nuclear arms race…
Pope appeals for aid to drought and violence-stricken Somalia
Pope Leo XIV called for international solidarity with Somalia, where ongoing violence and extreme weather are making an already severe humanitarian crisis even worse.
‘Century of martyrdom’: Vatican commission has recorded death of over 1700 martyrs in the 21st century
A new Vatican commission meeting Tuesday in Rome has recorded the deaths of over 1700 martyrs in the 21st century, including Christians from other denominations, with between 100 and 150 new names added this year.
Pope Leo hat giveaway turns White Sox game into the church of baseball
On a hot August night on the South Side of Chicago, Rate Field, home of the White Sox, turned into a church of baseball, filled to capacity with true believers who sang, passed the peace, cheered on a celebrity nun…
Pope Leo to meet with clergy abuse survivors during upcoming trip to France
Pope Leo XIV will meet with survivors of clergy abuse during a four-day trip to France next month that will include a visit to UNESCO headquarters, a meeting with French bishops in Lourdes and an interreligious meeting in the border city…
The liturgy wars are back. Spoiler: They never left.
Pope Leo XIV returned to Rome in late July from his summer vacation just as one of the Catholic Church’s longest-running internal conflicts came back into the spotlight.
As bishop in Peru, future Pope Leo showed himself ahead of the curve on synodality
From the first words of his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV called for a synodal church that listens to its members and has repeatedly demonstrated his determination to press ahead with the sometimes controversial concept of synodality.
Tech billionaire Peter Thiel takes on popes, delves into end-times theology
In the last two weeks, the billionaire venture tech capitalist Peter Thiel has accused Pope Leo XIV of being a Chinese communist agent and insinuated in the pages of a prominent interreligious journal that Pope Francis was an Antichrist figure.
Conscientious AI objectors: HR’s role in keeping workplaces human
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.