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EWTN to End Shortwave Radio Operations After 34 Years

WEWN’s shortwave transmitters are seen in an undated photograph in Shelby County, Alabama.
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WEWN’s shortwave transmitters are seen in an undated photograph in Shelby County, Alabama.
The global Catholic network has operated a shortwave station since the early 1990s, but high costs and the changing media landscape led to its closure.

Pope Leo XIV: AI Can Never Be A Person; Its Future Depends On Our Choices

Pope Leo XIV speaks during his private audience with participants of the meeting “The Future of AI: A Dialogue Between the Vatican and the Scientific World on the Development and Applications of Intelligent Technologies” at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican on Oct. 30, 2026.
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Pope Leo XIV speaks during his private audience with participants of the meeting “The Future of AI: A Dialogue Between the Vatican and the Scientific World on the Development and Applications of Intelligent Technologies” at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican on Oct. 30, 2026.
The pontiff met on Friday with participants in a Vatican AI conference organized by the Pontifical Academy for Life.

Pope Modifies Disciplinary Sanctions for Employees of the Roman Curia

Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims at his weekly general audience at the Vatican on Sept. 30, 2026.
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Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims at his weekly general audience at the Vatican on Sept. 30, 2026.
The changes were approved by the pontiff on Oct. 19 through a Rescriptum ex Audientia Sanctissimi (“Rescript from the Audience of the Most Holy Father”).