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Vatican Sets Up Commission on Artificial Intelligence

Matteo Pernaselci
The Vatican is seen May 17, 2026, during the Regina Caeli.

Pope Leo XIV approved the new body as the Vatican prepares for his first encyclical, expected to address artificial intelligence through the lens of Catholic social teaching.

The Successful Formula Behind a Fast-Growing French Pilgrimage

Pilgrims make their way to the St. Anne Shrine in Brittany via the Feiz e Breizh in 2024.

The pilgrimage to Brittany’s Sainte-Anne-d’Auray Shrine combines evangelization, traditional liturgy and cultural heritage to draw new generations to the faith.

‘Big Bang Theory’ and the Myth of the Modern Atheist

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‘Space’

COMMENTARY: The character of Sheldon Cooper presents disbelief in God as the inevitable product of intelligence and scientific progress, but history — and even modern science itself — tell a very different story.

Mary as Medium and Model

Albert Edelfelt, “The Virgin Mary in the Rose Garden,” 1898

COMMENTARY: The Blessed Mother introduces God to the world.