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'Love my woke pope': Why Leo's first encyclical went viral and how it speaks to his papal approach
3+ hour, 2+ min ago (950+ words) LOS ANGELES " Shortly after Pope Leo XIV issued his sweeping manifesto calling for the robust regulation of artificial intelligence, the Instagram meme account Saint Hoax posted a video to its more than 3 million followers about the pope's call to "disarm…...
Returning to the fold? Some young Spaniards embrace Catholicism and can't wait for Pope Leo's visit
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (1224+ words) Until three years ago, Sara Cabral's faith experience was on trend with other Southern European youth " a "Catholic but never practicing" upbringing with little relevance to her life on Spain's Canary Islands. Then she listened to a song from a…...
Pope and co-founder of Anthropic to launch pontiff's AI encyclical on May 25
2+ week, 1+ day ago (398+ 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…...
The Vatican has said a lot about artificial intelligence. A primer ahead of the pope's encyclical
2+ week, 3+ day ago (845+ words) VATICAN CITY " The Vatican is gearing up for the release of Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, a document expected to address artificial intelligence and insist on an ethics-based approach to the technology that prioritizes human dignity, social relationships and peace....
Vatican sending new signals of openness but limitations in outreach to LGBTQ+ Catholics
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1190+ words) VATICAN CITY " The Vatican is sending new signals about how it intends to minister to LGBTQ+ Catholics in the Pope Leo XIV era, with signs of openness and limitations after Pope Francis ushered in a notable welcome during his 12-year…...
Pope Leo XIV sought a pastoral role in his first year, but verbal sparring with Trump intervened
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1269+ words) VATICAN CITY " Pope Leo XIV had tried during his first year as pontiff to insist that his essential role was that of a pastor accompanying his flock. President Donald Trump's continuing criticisms " and Leo's increasingly bold retorts " complicated the effort…...
Catholic priest who criticized Trump immigration crackdown named West Virginia bishop
1+ mon, 15+ hour ago (733+ words) John Raby And Giovanna Dell'Orto CHARLESTON, W. Va. " The next bishop for West Virginia Catholics will be an El Salvador-born advocate for immigrants who has opposed U. S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown policies. Pope Leo XIV announced Friday the appointment of the…...
Pope prays at Catholic shrine in Angola that was a center of African slave trade
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (63+ words) WSLS Hong Kong fire victims to return to burned homes, grieving losses and grappling with trauma Dozens gather in Salem for Breakthrough T1 D walk to raise funds, awareness for type 1 diabetes research Oil prices rise anew after a US-Iran standoff…...
Pope Leo XIV carries cross for full Good Friday procession, the first pontiff to do so in decades
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (676+ words) ROME " Pope Leo XIV carried a wooden cross for all of the 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on his first Good Friday as pontiff, marking the first time in decades that a pope carried the…...
As border dynamics change, priest keeps ministering to migrants and deportees
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1158+ words) Over the past five years at the U. S. -Mexico border, the Rev. Brian Strassburger has gone from ministering to throngs of asylum-seekers in overcrowded shelters to celebrating Mass with detained and deported migrants. But while border crossings have drastically shrunk under…...