2+ hour, 38+ min ago  (991+ words) Right now, yours goes twice as far. Give now to help PBS News start our new fiscal year strong. By declaring a schism and extending excommunications to potentially thousands of Catholics, the Vatican's doctrine office went above and beyond the…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1096+ words) Right now, yours goes twice as far. Give now to help PBS News start our new fiscal year strong. The Society of St. Pius X, which opposes modernizing reforms in the Catholic Church, went ahead with the five-hour ceremony at…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1078+ words) Past popes have apologized for Christians' involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. But no pope had ever publicly acknowledged, much less apologized for, the role that past popes played in giving European sovereigns explicit authority to subjugate and enslave "infidels....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1347+ words) Pope Leo called for artificial intelligence to be "disarmed" in his first papal encyclical, urging major regulation to protect against potential risks, including war and economic dislocation. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Christopher Hale, who writes "Letters from Leo" on…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (907+ words) The pope's first encyclical has been eagerly awaited ever since the first U. S. -born pope announced that he considered AI to be the biggest challenge facing humanity today....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (380+ words) Anthropic has billed itself as the AI company that puts safety and risk-mitigation at the forefront of its research. As a result, the presence of Anthropic's Christopher Olah at the Vatican is significant, and suggests that the U. S. pope's position on…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1514+ words) New Book Explores the Life of Pope Leo XIV, the First American Pope The biography looks at the pope's life, influences and first months leading the Catholic Church. Clip: 5/12/2026 | 7m 46s Video has Closed Captions | CC It's been a year since Illinois…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (526+ words) A free press can only endure when it is supported. Sustaining rigorous, trustworthy reporting takes people who believe it matters. The June 6-12 visit will first bring Leo to Madrid for meetings with the government, parliament and King Felipe VI and…...

2+ mon, 22+ hour ago  (710+ words) A gift today is a direct investment in journalism that belongs to you and keeps everyone informed. Pope Leo XIV announced Friday the appointment of the Most Rev. Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, an auxiliary bishop in Washington, D. C. , as the new leader of…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (836+ words) The encounter between Christianity's two most famous religious figures would have been unthinkable just a few years ago, given the divisions between their two churches over women's ordination in general and Mullally's appointment in particular. Leo acknowledged that "new problems…...