I wouldn’t put the Pope and AI in one sentence, but Pope Leo XIV, the first US-born pontiff, continues to surprise and impress. Days after his election as head of the Catholic Church last year, Pope Leo XIV said he considered AI the biggest challenge facing humanity today. With this in mind, it...
Pope Leo XIV may be the envy of car enthusiasts all over the world, being one of the first people to see the highly-anticipated Ferrari Luce in the metal. The first, all-electric Ferrari was presented to the Pontiff at Castel Gandolfo, just a day after it was unveiled to the world. A Ferrari...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — 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 to war. “Magnifica...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — 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 apologized for Christians’ involvement...
Early this month, Oscar-winning actress Melissa Leo famed for her role in “21 Grams,” “Frozen River,” “The Fighter,” “The Most Hated Woman in America,” among others, was in town for a week to mentor young talents from Star Magic, Sparkle, Star Worx, and the Aktor PH Guild in...
ACERRA, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Saturday greeted one by one families who lost loved ones to illegal toxic dumping in an area near Naples, tied to a multi-billion criminal racket run by the mafia. Many paused to share photographs and other mementos of children and young people who have died...
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday denounced how investments in artificial intelligence and high-tech weaponry were leading the world into a “spiral of annihilation,” as he called for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine during a visit to Europe’s largest university. Leo’s speech...
ROME (AP) — 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 Vatican said Wednesday. The June 6-12 visit...
BEIRUT (AP) — Pope Leo XIV surprised 13 priests from southern Lebanon, near the border with Israel, by joining a video call from Rome on Wednesday, telling them they were in his prayers and that he hoped peace would soon prevail along the tense frontier. The Lebanese Catholic and Maronite priests...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has renewed his criticism of Pope Leo XIV, potentially complicating a fence-mending visit that Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to make this week to the Vatican. In an interview with conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt, Trump said the first...
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Saturday encouraged some of the wealthiest U.S. Catholics to keep on giving to support his charitable works, in an audience that confirmed how the election of the first U.S.-born pope has invigorated American Catholics and their donations. The Chicago-born Leo met with...
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — 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. Leo also asserted that countries have the right to control their...
