4+ hour, 56+ min ago  (145+ words) BARCELONA: Pope Leo XIV held a surprise meeting with Puerto Rican music star Bad Bunny at Real Madrid's Bernabeu stadium during his state visit to Spain, the Vatican said on Tuesday. Around 80, 000 people packed the iconic football ground for a…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago  (653+ words) CATHOLIC popes have been urging global leaders to address social justice issues for 135 years across some two dozen major documents that many of the world's 1. 4-billion-faithful can cite by their two- or three-word titles. Rerum Novarum from Leo XIII in…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (230+ words) ROME: The Vatican is to establish a commission to address the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI), reported German news agency dpa. Pope Leo XIV has approved the creation of the Inter-Dicasterial Commission on Artificial Intelligence to examine the "potential…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (237+ words) VATICAN CITY: The Vatican has announced plans to compensate victims of a Peru-based Catholic movement, which was dissolved last year following revelations of rampant sexual and psychological abuse by some of its leaders. Pope Francis ordered the closure of the…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago  (393+ words) VATICAN CITY: The 2025 Jubilee year of Catholic celebrations drew over 33 million pilgrims to Rome, the Vatican said Monday, as the last of the faithful passed through the "Holy Door" of St Peter's Basilica. Pope Leo XIV will close the basilica's…...