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‘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 …

Pope Leo XIV to publish encyclical on artificial intelligence May 25
What is an encyclical, exactly?
Blog: 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage
Sweden’s Cardinal Arborelius says AI needs moral compass as faith grows in secular Europe
Former cosmetics exec to be ordained priest is driven by ‘restlessness’ of love for the poor
LA Auxiliary Bishop Aclan, the 2nd Filipino American to be named US bishop, retires

U.S. Church

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

by Kate Scanlon

The same week, several allies of the president won Republican primaries against their incumbent rivals and federal prosecutors announced charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro

Border bishops have ‘grave concerns’ about $72 billion immigration enforcement funding package

Regular pastoral visits resume at ICE facility near Chicago after judge’s order

Devotion to Sacred Heart ‘more timely than ever’ as a return to love itself, says archbishop

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

National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s Florida kickoff roots US history in the Mass

World

Somalia is nearing the brink of humanitarian catastrophe, aid and Church organizations warn

by Fredrick Nzwili

Somalia’s prolonged instability further complicates relief efforts as it continues to face an insurgency by al-Shabab, an al-Qaida-affiliated group.

Maronite patriarch who championed Lebanese independence among sainthood causes advanced by Pope Leo
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
Interfaith peace march in Jerusalem counters rising violence and division

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

AI cannot replace humanity, conscience, truth, Irish archbishop says

Police recover beloved saint’s relic taken in brazen theft that shocked Czech Catholics

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 what he hopes for from ‘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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