8+ hour, 7+ min ago  (1499+ words) Pope Leo XIV says control of artificial intelligence must not remain in the hands "of a few," while warning that technology is fueling world conflicts, setting out his proposals in the first major theological document of his pontificate. These include…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (511+ words) The first U. S. -born pope emphasized Easter's message of hope as a celebration of Jesus' resurrection after being crucified....

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (751+ words) Pope Leo XIV prayed Friday for political leaders to end the "fratricidal hatred" in the world, as he spent the anniversary of his election in the ancient city of Pompeii, commemorating a feast day that is particularly important to him…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (721+ words) President Donald Trump will participate in a public Bible reading this week as the administration continues to integrate religion, particularly Christianity, into official business. "On April 21, President Trump is scheduled to read Scripture via video message from the Oval Office…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (415+ words) Pope Leo XIV, carrying a tall, lit candle through a darkened and silent St. Peter's Basilica, ushered in Christianity's most joyous celebration with his first Easter vigil service as pontiff Saturday night, urging that Easter would bring harmony and peace…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (676+ words) Pope Leo XIV put the Rev. Edward Joseph Flanagan a step closer to possible sainthood Monday as he proclaimed the "heroic virtues" of the founder of Boys Town, a Nebraska home for at-risk youths that gained national renown and inspired…...

6+ mon, 3+ day ago  (415+ words) Pope Leo XIV on Saturday accepted the resignation of an ailing Spanish bishop who is under church investigation for allegedly sexually abusing a young seminarian in the 1990s, the first known time the new pontiff removed a bishop accused of abuse....

5+ mon, 5+ day ago  (1075+ words) Pope Leo XIV on Thursday made his most important U. S. appointment to date, naming a fellow Chicagoan as the next archbishop of New York to lead one of the biggest U. S. archdioceses as it navigates relations with the Trump administration and its…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (705+ words) Pope Leo XIV has intervened for the first time in an abortion dispute roiling the U. S. Catholic Church by raising the seeming contradiction over what it really means to be "pro-life." Leo, a Chicago native, was asked late Tuesday about plans…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (501+ words) Three octogenarian nuns have defied their diocese, run away from their nursing home and returned to their former convent in Salzburg, Austria, which they are now occupying. On Sept. 4, Sister Regina, 86, Sister Rita, 81, and Sister Bernadette, 88, returned to Schloss Goldenstein,…...