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Pope Leo XIV's First Encyclical Arrives Tomorrow " Here's What We Expect
4+ hour, 11+ min ago (1334+ words) (One note before we begin, Encyclical day is like my Christmas. I hope my passion for the pope and his prophetic words on one of the premier issues of our time comes through in the coming days.) "Don't let Chat…...
An Eclipse of What It Means to Be Human" " Pope Leo XIV Previews AI Encyclical
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (1051+ words) Pope Leo XIV stepped into the Consistory Hall of the Apostolic Palace on Friday morning and told scholars gathered at the Vatican for "Preserving Human Voices and Faces," an international conference on artificial intelligence, that the technology has produced "an…...
What the Vatican Just Released on Gay Catholics " and Where Pope Leo Stands
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (1211+ words) On May 5, three days before the first anniversary of Pope Leo XIV's election, the Vatican released a document with a title built to put readers to sleep: "Theological Criteria and Synodal Methodologies for Shared Discernment of Emerging Doctrinal, Pastoral, and…...
Confronting Silicon Valley, Pope Leo XIV Drops His AI Encyclical on Memorial Day With Anthropic Onstage
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (1078+ words) One week from today, in the Vatican's Synod Hall, Pope Leo XIV will unveil Magnifica Humanitas " magnificent humanity " the first papal encyclical on artificial intelligence in the history of the Church. The pope signed the document on May 15, the 135th anniversary…...
If You Want to Understand Pope Leo's New Encyclical, Read This First
1+ week, 2+ day ago (707+ words) Make A One-Time Gift to Support My Work One hundred thirty-five years ago today, Pope Leo XIII signed Rerum Novarum and gave the Catholic Church its public voice on the great social question of the modern world. The document landed…...
Schismatic Act" " Pope Leo XIV's Doctrine Chief Warns Ultratraditionalist SSPX They Face Excommunication
1+ week, 4+ day ago (648+ words) Make A One-Time Gift to Support My Work Cardinal V'ctor Manuel Fern'ndez " the Argentine theologian who runs the Vatican's doctrinal office " issued a statement on Wednesday warning the right-wing ultratraditionalist Society of Saint Pius X that its planned July 1 consecration…...
ICE Came for His Parishioners. Now Pope Leo XIV Is Sending Their Pastor to Lead a Diocese in Trump's Florida.
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1317+ words) For the better part of a year, Father Emilio Biosca Ag'ero has been watching his parishioners disappear. The Shrine of the Sacred Heart, the Capuchin-run parish in D. C. s Mount Pleasant neighborhood where Biosca has served as pastor since 2019, draws most…...
The Black Creole Mother Who Made the Pope
2+ week, 10+ hour ago (278+ words) Make A One-Time Gift to Support My Work On Sunday, May 11, 2025, an estimated 100, 000 pilgrims packed St. Peter's Square. Pope Leo XIV, three days into his pontificate, stepped onto the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica for his first public Regina…...
This is An Hour For Love" " One Year of Pope Leo XIV
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1605+ words) One year ago, I never imagined I'd be covering a papacy " let alone that of the first American pope " from the front row. Earlier in my career, I ran Catholic outreach for President Obama and later led a Catholic progressive…...
One Year Later: The True Meaning of an American Pope
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1198+ words) On May 8, I stood on the colonnades of St. Peter's Square on the beautiful afternoon a new pope was elected, shoulder to shoulder with pilgrims from every corner of the globe. The roar that erupted when white smoke billowed from…...