World Jun 08 Pope Leo urges Spanish bishops to provide reparations to abuse survivors Leo told Spanish bishops the entire church community should have an "ever more determined commitment to prevention and a culture of care.”…
World Jun 06 Pope Leo XIV warns against 'fanning the flames of polarization' on first papal visit to Spain in 15 years 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.
World May 25 Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Vatican's role in legitimizing slavery 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.”…
World May 25 Pope calls for robust regulation of AI in manifesto that ponders the future of humanity 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.
World May 18 Pope Leo XIV to launch his first encylical, a document on artificial intelligence, with Anthropic's co-founder The presence of Anthropic's Christopher Olah at the Vatican is significant, and suggests that the U.S. pope's position on AI will become a new flashpoint with the Trump administration.
World May 14 Pope Leo condemns use of AI warfare and the 'spiral of annihilation' it brings Leo’s speech at Rome’s La Sapienza University marked the first time a pope has visited the campus since Pope Benedict XVI called off a planned speech there in 2008 in the face of protests from faculty and students.
World May 07 WATCH: At Vatican, Rubio discusses efforts to achieve Middle East peace Secretary State Marco Rubio met with Pope Leo and then Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin in a visit that lasted 2½ hours.
World May 06 Pope will inaugurate Barcelona's Sagrada Familia tower and meet with migrants in June trip to Spain Pope Leo XIV will inaugurate the soaring central tower of Barcelona’s famed Sagrada Familia basilica when he visits Spain next month in a weeklong trip that will also take him to a migrant reception center in the Canary Islands, the…
World Apr 27 Pope Leo XIV prays with Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally in historic encounter 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.
World Apr 23 Pope urges U.S. and Iran to resume peace talks, condemns capital punishment Pope Leo XIV urged the United States and Iran to return to talks to end the war Thursday and condemned capital punishment, in a wide-ranging press conference en route home from his trip to Africa.