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New US Eucharistic pilgrimage sets out on Pentecost ‘praying for a fresh outpouring’ of the Spirit

by Gretchen R. Crowe

Under the bright Florida sun, Bishop Erik T. Pohlmeier of St. Augustine celebrated Mass to kick off the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage on Pentecost.

Pope Leo XIV to publish encyclical on artificial intelligence May 25
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Blog: 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage
Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s Regina Caeli address given May 24, 2026
Holy Spirit opens doors of peace, truth and forgiveness, pope says
Pope Leo visits Italy’s ‘Land of Fires,’ meets families who lost children to toxic waste dumping

U.S. Church

‘Emergent misalignment,’ when AI goes rogue, is a key challenge, says Catholic expert

by Gina Christian

(OSV News) — As Pope Leo XIV releases “Magnifica Humanitas,” his new encyclical on artificial intelligence, an AI ethics scholar told OSV News that a key challenge lies in …

Ascend Eucharistic Revival draws 3,000 Pacific Northwest Catholics of all ages, ethnicities

What is Anthropic? A look at the company joining Pope Leo for AI encyclical release

Fidelity Month calls Americans to rediscover nation’s founding values during America’s 250th

Washington Roundup: War powers resolution advances; reconciliation bill stalls; Castro indicted

First Black bishop to serve as Baltimore auxiliary, Pensacola-Tallahassee bishop dies at 86

World

Sweden’s Cardinal Arborelius says AI needs moral compass as faith grows in secular Europe

by Paulina Guzik

Asked about modern challenges for Catholics, especially in the age of AI, Cardinal Arborelius said that “we forget our spiritual and moral value.”

Somalia is nearing the brink of humanitarian catastrophe, aid and Church organizations warn
Ukrainian nun on front lines meets Pope Leo, pleads for help to ‘end the war’
As Ebola epidemic spreads, Uganda postpones Martyrs Day celebrations
Pope will find a living, growing Church in Madrid, Spanish cardinal says
Chartres pilgrimage grows as organizers warn against renewed traditionalist divisions

The liturgy sustains the faithful, renewing them in their faith, mission, pope says

Interfaith peace march in Jerusalem counters rising violence and division

Bolivia’s bishops urge ‘humanitarian pauses’ as protests collapse country

Vatican

Pope will show an ethical code for AI is not enough, head of papal academy says

by Carol Glatz

Opinion

One theologian’s work on a Catholic approach to AI and his hopes for ‘Magnifica Humanitas’

by Charlie Camosy

The reality of the abortion pill

by Katie Yoder

Invitation to joy

by Michael R. Heinlein

Reviews

Obsession

by John Mulderig
St. Francis of Assisi in film
‘House of David’ star opens up about Catholic conversion as new season premieres
Looking for a Holy Week read? Updated book explores ‘What Christ Suffered’
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