US Bishops Praise Leo’s Encyclical on AI, Echo Concern for Human Dignity, Common Good
Bishops encouraged ‘people of goodwill’ to reflect and apply the teachings.
Vice President Vance: ‘Magnifica Humanitas’ Is ‘Profound’
‘The thing about morality is that the principles never change, but the way you apply those principles does, because the world changes, right?’ Vance told NBC News.
Josef Pieper, AI, and Pope Leo’s Vision for Humanity
Watch ‘Beyond the Machine: Josef Pieper and the Challenge of AI’ on EWTN.
‘A Hopeful Document’: Catholic Thinkers on AI Assess ‘Magnifica Humanitas’
Experts praised Pope Leo’s encyclical both for its broader articulation of the proper relationship between humanity and technology, as well for its evaluation of AI using Catholic social principles such as subsidiarity, solidarity and the common good.
Supreme Court Declines to Intervene in Federal Lawsuit Over Peter’s Pence Papal Collection
The lawsuit will continue in the federal courts after the Supreme Court refused to consider a religious liberty objection by the U.S. bishops.
Priest Charged With Theft of $160,000 From Kansas Parish
Father Richard Storey turned himself in after being charged with theft from a Kansas City, Kansas, parish, according to the Archdiocese of Kansas City.
‘Magnifica Humanitas’: In the Face of Christ, the Truth About Man
COMMENTARY: In his long-awaited first encyclical, the Holy Father insists that the fullest truth about man is revealed ultimately and most completely in the face of Jesus Christ.
Pope Decries ‘Drastic Sterility,’ Discrimination Against Motherhood in Europe
Pope Leo addressed members of the European Parliament’s Intergroup on Demography and others during a conference on the family and demographics.
Pedro Ballester’s Sainthood Cause Advances After Life of Faith and Suffering
The Diocese of Salford announced that a young adult from England who died at 21 of cancer is on the way to possibly being named a saint.
From the Vatican to Australia: Sistine Chapel Exhibit Debuts in Sydney
The Vatican Museums and the Archdiocese of Sydney held a conference in Rome to launch the exhibition ahead of the 2028 International Eucharistic Congress.