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1 million people flood Madrid streets to see the pope's flower-carpeted procession
4+ hour, 20+ min ago (830+ words) MADRID " Pope Leo XIV honored Spain's centuries-old tradition of religious devotion on Sunday as a "school of faith" for today, as he presided over a Mass before a million people and highlighted one of the most iconic expressions of Spanish…...
Pope Leo XIV urges Spain to stop fanning flames of polarization on first papal visit in 15 years
3+ hour, 49+ min ago (1168+ words) MADRID " Pope Leo XIV urged Spaniards on Saturday to stop "fanning the flames of polarization" as he arrived in Spain at a moment of political turmoil for the Socialist-led government and a credibility crisis for the Catholic Church. The American…...
Chicago mayor invites Pope Leo XIV to visit his native city next year
1+ week, 3+ day ago (260+ words) ROME " Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday invited Pope Leo XIV to visit his native Chicago next year during a private meeting with the pontiff at the Vatican. In a letter that Johnson handed to the pontiff, the mayor recalled…...
Pope makes historic apology for Vatican's role in legitimizing slavery
1+ week, 6+ day ago (773+ words) VATICAN CITY " Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the Holy See's role in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican's record a "wound in Christian memory." Past popes have…...
Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Vatican's role in legitimizing slavery
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1094+ words) VATICAN CITY " Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the Holy See's role in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican's record a "wound in Christian memory." Past popes have…...
Pope Leo XIV calls for robust regulation of AI in manifesto that ponders the future of humanity
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1247+ words) VATICAN CITY " Pope Leo XIV called Monday for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit, issuing a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as the technology impacts everything from work…...
Peru's Catholic Church holds a symbolic ceremony in apology for Indigenous land dispossession
2+ week, 20+ hour ago (501+ words) LIMA, Peru " After years of allegations of land dispossession by a now-dissolved Catholic group, the highest ecclesiastical authorities in the Andean country on Saturday held a symbolic reparation ceremony for the Indigenous people whose land was taken away. The Peru-based…...
Pope and co-founder of Anthropic to launch pontiff's AI encyclical on May 25
2+ week, 6+ day ago (420+ words) ROME " Pope Leo XIV and the co-founder of artificial intelligence company Anthropic will launch the pontiff's first encyclical on May 25, a document on the care of human dignity in the era of AI, the Vatican said Monday. Anthropic has billed…...
WATCH: Surprise, surprise: God is actually "very partisan
3+ week, 1+ day ago (220+ words) Troy Miller joins Cheryl Chumley Christians sometimes have a hard time fighting for what they know is morally and politically correct because they're concerned about offending others, or intruding on others' free will and individual rights. They think it's not…...
Vatican issues final warning to breakaway traditionalist group attached to the old Latin Mass
3+ week, 4+ day ago (812+ words) Register for free to manage your followed authors and newsletters in one place. You are not following any authors yet. ' + 'Use the follow buttons on stories or staff pages to build your list. ROME " With Pope Leo XIV's first big…...