AI and the Worker: Rerum Novarum’s Warning
Pope Leo XIII’s foundational encyclical prompts us to ask: Will AI amplify or replace human capacities? Every technological revolution arrives with its own apologetics. It promises efficiency, abundance, and relief from drudgery, and often delivers a measure of all three. What it does not deliver is the moral vocabulary required to govern it. Work changes […]
Pope Leo XIV Warns Students Against ‘Great Lie’
At Europe’s largest university, the pontiff denounced a culture that reduces people to numbers. Pope Leo XIV visited Rome’s public La Sapienza University on Thursday, the largest university in Europe and one of Italy’s most prestigious academic institutions, where he denounced the “great lie” he said is causing anxiety and depression among young people. Speaking […]
Pope Leo Reflects on Fatima, SSPX Tensions, Vatican Finances, and the Search for Truth
Pope Leo Marks Feast of Fatima with Prayer at Site of John Paul II Assassination Attempt VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo marked the feast of Our Lady of Fatima with a deeply symbolic act of prayer, visiting the site in St. Peter’s Square where St. John Paul II was shot during the 1981 assassination attempt. […]
Pope Leo XIV Names Capuchin to Lead Florida Diocese
The pope also accepted Wednesday the resignation of Bishop Frank J. Dewane, 76, who led the Diocese of Venice, Florida, since 2007. Pope Leo XIV appointed Father Emilio Biosca Agüero, OFM Cap, as the third bishop of Venice, Florida, on May 13. The Capuchin Franciscan priest has been pastor of the Shrine of the Sacred […]
Pope Leo Prays Where John Paul II Was Shot
Leo XIV dedicated his message on May 13 to “the Virgin Mary, model of the Church.” In an unexpected gesture as he was greeting people at the general audience in St. Peterʼs Square on Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV stopped at the exact spot where, 45 years ago, St. John Paul II was shot in an […]
Vatican Warns SSPX of Excommunication
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández said Pope Leo XIV is praying for the leaders of the Society of St. Pius X to “reconsider the very grave decision they have made.” The Vatican’s doctrine chief warned Wednesday that the plan of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) to consecrate new bishops without papal mandate will […]
Vatican Urges Religious Leaders to Promote Peace
The Vatican’s Vesak message urges religious leaders to promote an “unarmed and disarming” peace and avoid being “complicit through silence or fear” amid global divisions. The Vatican has called on religious leaders around the world to take an active role in promoting peace and urged them not to become “complicit through silence or fear” in […]
Swiss Cardinal Emil Paul Tscherrig Dies at 79
The longtime Vatican diplomat, who served as apostolic nuncio to Italy and San Marino, was made a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2023. VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Emil Paul Tscherrig, a former apostolic nuncio, died Tuesday at the age of 79. He was born Feb. 3, 1947, in Unterems, Switzerland. Tscherrig was ordained a priest […]
Vatican Bank Profit Jumps 55.5% in 2025
The Institute for the Works of Religion closed 2025 with a net profit of 51 million euros and approved a 24.3 million euro dividend for the Holy Father. The Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR), also known as the “Vatican bank,” closed 2025 with a net profit of 51 million euros, an increase of […]
Pope Leo Stamp Artist Reflects on AI in Sacred Art
Spanish painter Raúl Berzosa, who has been commissioned for a number of philatelic works by the Vatican, said that while AI can be a useful tool for ideas or composition, it is a soulless creation. On May 8, the Vatican issued a commemorative stamp marking the first anniversary of the election of Pope Leo XIV. […]