8+ hour, 4+ min ago  (838+ words) PARIS " When Pope Leo XIV was elected last year and it emerged that he was a tennis player, his love of the sport was quickly celebrated during an audience with top-ranked Jannik Sinner. In the ensuing months, Leo has tried…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (857+ words) Pittsburgh Bishop Mark Eckman knew he was in the running to lead one of 24 U. S. dioceses with retiring bishops. As an auxiliary bishop since 2022, the 66-year-old Bethel Park native expected to be reassigned outside Pittsburgh. He was preparing for a move,…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago  (204+ words) A contingent from St. Vincent College in Unity recently left behind some black and gold in Rome. During a meeting with Pope Leo, college president the Rev. Paul R. Taylor and seminary rector the Very Rev. Edward Mazich gave the head…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago  (636+ words) Catholic universities across Western Pennsylvania are examining the future of artificial intelligence, guided by the newly released words of Pope Leo XIV. "Magnifica Humanitas," a 42, 300-word papal encyclical issued Monday, outlines how AI must be freed from monopolistic control and no…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (555+ words) Pope Leo XIV said artificial intelligence should be “ disarmed” to protect humanity from its dangers, adding his voice to a heated debate over the extent to which governments should regulate a technology that is reshaping the world. In…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (550+ words) ROME " The Vatican on Wednesday issued a final warning to a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics that their planned consecrations of bishops without papal consent constitutes a schismatic act that incurs automatic excommunication. Pope Leo XIV is praying for enlightenment…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (640+ words) NEW YORK " Worldwide, the landscape of religion is not serene. Many denominations have been racked by divisions. In some regions, believers are targeted with violence. Countless faith leaders have betrayed their flocks via corruption or sexual abuse. Against this backdrop,…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (225+ words) VATICAN CITY " The Vatican unveiled its Nativity scene Monday and lit the 82-foot Christmas tree that towers above it in St. Peter's Square as a band, chorus and dancers in traditional costumes from Italy's northernmost South Tyrol province performed. The…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (885+ words) VATICAN CITY " Pope Leo XIV prayed Monday in the Vatican with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, and vowed to keep working to overcome differences "no matter how intractable they may appear," in a historic meeting with the first female…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (757+ words) I am a bit of a pope groupie. Anything and everything about the Vatican fascinates me. When I studied in Rome back in 1984, I would take the 64 Bus to St. Peter's Basilica every Wednesday, because that was when Pope John…...