Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Vatican’s role in legitimizing slavery

Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the role the Holy See itself played in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centur
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Pope Leo XIV: The church is the protagonist of the Gospel, not merely its guardian

This is the full text of Pope Leo XIV's homily during Pentecost Mass at St Peter's Basilica on May 24. Dear brothers and sisters, The
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Latin Mass is back in the news. But some Louisiana Catholics wonder what's all the fuss?

When Wesley Franatovich settles into a church pew for the Latin Mass at St. Patrick’s Church in New Orleans, he feels a sense of calm wash over him. There’s ritual and mystery and choreography, and in that,

Highlights: Pope Leo holds Mass in Istanbul in effort to strengthen ties with local Christian communities

Leo's final event for the day was a Catholic Mass in Istanbul's Volkswagen Arena for the country's Catholic community, who make up 33,000 in a country of more than 85 million people, most of whom are Sunni Muslim.

3 big takeaways from Pope Leo's letter on AI

In "Magnifica humanitas," Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, he warned about job losses, Big Tech's grip on AI, and had a message for developers.
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Pope Leo XIV’s First Encyclical Casts AI as Defining Challenge of Our Era

Pope Leo XIV AI encyclical condemns lethal autonomous weapons as morally impermissible in Magnifica Humanitas, a 42,300-word document calling for international AI governance, democratic oversight of Big Tech,
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PHOTOS: Pope Leo XIV Visits Prisoners, Meets With Families, Says Mass in Equatorial Guinea

Pope Leo XIV said Mass and visited with several communities including incarcerated prisoners during his first full day in Equatorial Guinea on April 22. The itinerary represented the last full day the Holy Father will spend in Africa during the papal trip ...
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Pope urges Africa's youth to resist dual temptations of migration and corruption in Cameroon

DOUALA, Cameroon (AP) — Pope Leo XIV urged Cameroon’s young people on Friday to resist the temptation to migrate and instead work for the common good at home, as he called for morally upright citizens to combat corruption plaguing many African countries.