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Pope Leo XIV to publish encyclical on artificial intelligence May 25

by Courtney Mares

Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” will be published May 25, the Vatican announced.

What is an encyclical, exactly?
Pope Leo XIV thanks Catholic Extension Society for supporting poor US dioceses
Global executions surge to highest recorded figure in 44 years, Amnesty International report says
Bolivia’s bishops urge ‘humanitarian pauses’ as protests collapse country
AI cannot replace humanity, conscience, truth, Irish archbishop says
In new pastoral letter, Minnesota archbishop encourages families to ‘take heart’

U.S. Church

America 250 occasion to reflect on equality as a God-given right, Bishop Barron says

by Kate Scanlon

Organizers of the event said they aimed to mark the nation’s upcoming 250th birthday “with Scripture, testimony, prayer, and rededication of our country as One Nation to God.”

Study: Mass deportation has ‘chilling’ effect on labor market for immigrant, US-citizen workers

Supreme Court leaves in place mail-order distribution of mifepristone during legal challenge

Proposed regulations would further restrict housing, work eligibility for migrants

Washington Roundup: Trump-Xi summit yields little for Lai; hospice Medicare moratorium

Benedictine College denounces antisemitic flyers after Catholic-Jewish relations conference

World

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

by Katarzyna Szalajko

When he canonized her in Olomouc May 21, 1995, St. John Paul II In his homily pointed to her life as a model of holiness lived in marriage …

UK diocese opens Pedro Ballester’s sainthood cause
Haitian bishop sees ‘signs of God’s tenderness’ amid ongoing recovery from serious burns
Catholics await word on Jimmy Lai as Trump meets Xi in Beijing
Brazilian nun drowns while trying to save fellow sister in Sicily
45 years on, attempted assassination of St. John Paul II recalled as turning point in history

Pope remembers attempt on St. John Paul, calls Mary the Church’s ‘perfect model’

Experts see pope’s June parliament address as call for unity in polarized Spain

Israeli soldiers punished after desecration of Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon

Vatican

Pope Leo to visit France in September

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Opinion

Voting rights: A people of hope in the long journey toward justice

by Bishop Daniel E. Garcia

Young men are struggling to find purpose and vocation

by Vicente Del Real

Catholicism in the Lower South: Thriving communities built on French and Spanish foundations

by Father Anthony D. Andreassi

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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