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Holy Spirit opens doors of peace, truth and forgiveness, pope says

by Josephine Peterson

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV celebrated Pentecost by highlighting the role of the Holy Spirit in his repeated calls for peace in recent months, saying the …

Pope Leo XIV to publish encyclical on artificial intelligence May 25
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Blog: 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage
Pope Leo visits Italy’s ‘Land of Fires,’ meets families who lost children to toxic waste dumping
‘Emergent misalignment,’ when AI goes rogue, is a key challenge, says Catholic expert
Sweden’s Cardinal Arborelius says AI needs moral compass as faith grows in secular Europe

U.S. Church

LA Auxiliary Bishop Aclan, the 2nd Filipino American to be named US bishop, retires

by OSV News

Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Auxiliary Bishop Alejandro “Alex” D. Aclan, the second Filipino American priest to be named bishop in the U.S.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 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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