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Ban online gambling, Filipino bishops ask Marcos government

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Artificial Intelligence is putting humanity at a crossroads, says Pope Leo

Humanity is at a crossroads, and facing the immense potential generated by the digital revolution driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI), according to a message from Pope Leo XIV.

Jul 10
Charles Collins

Filipino bishops enter the Saint Michael the Archangel Parish in Jagna, Bohol, in the central Philippines, for a Mass on the first day of their 130th plenary assembly, July 5, 2025. (Credit: CBCP News.)

Ban online gambling, Filipino bishops ask Marcos government

Jul 11
Joseph San Mateo

South Sudan’s then First Vice President Riek Machar, left, looks across at President Salva Kiir, right, as they sit to be photographed following the first meeting of a transitional coalition government, in the capital Juba, South Sudan on April 29, 2016. (Credit: Jason Patinkin/AP.)

Bishop in South Sudan says African country needs peace, good governance

Jul 11
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Mumbai, India. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Christians condemn threat of violence by Hindu legislator in India

Jul 10
Nirmala Carvalho

Welcomed by locals holding colorful flags, Filipino bishops join the procession to Saint Michael the Archangel Parish in Jagna, Bohol, in the central Philippines, for a Mass on the first day of their 130th plenary assembly, July 5, 2025. (Credit: CBCP News.)

Filipino bishops reject ‘moral indifference’ over Duterte impeachment

Jul 10
Joseph San Mateo

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Care of the Environment in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on July 9, 2025. (Credit: Yara Nardi/Pool via AP.)

Pope prays for world to recognize urgency of climate crisis as he celebrates Mass’ using new rite

Jul 9
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with Pope Leo XIV in Castel Gandolfo on July 9, 2025. (Credit: Ukrainian Government.)

Pope Leo renews offer to host meeting between Russia-Ukraine after visit by Zelenskyy

Jul 9
Charles Collins

Mumbai, India. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Christians condemn threat of violence by Hindu legislator in India

Jul 10
Nirmala Carvalho

Welcomed by locals holding colorful flags, Filipino bishops join the procession to Saint Michael the Archangel Parish in Jagna, Bohol, in the central Philippines, for a Mass on the first day of their 130th plenary assembly, July 5, 2025. (Credit: CBCP News.)

Filipino bishops reject ‘moral indifference’ over Duterte impeachment

Jul 10
Joseph San Mateo

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Care of the Environment in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on July 9, 2025. (Credit: Yara Nardi/Pool via AP.)

Pope prays for world to recognize urgency of climate crisis as he celebrates Mass’ using new rite

Jul 9
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with Pope Leo XIV in Castel Gandolfo on July 9, 2025. (Credit: Ukrainian Government.)

Pope Leo renews offer to host meeting between Russia-Ukraine after visit by Zelenskyy

Jul 9
Charles Collins

Pope Leo renews offer to host meeting between Russia-Ukraine after visit by Zelenskyy

Jul 9
Charles Collins

Church may not be an international corporation, but Synod office seems to love business meetings

Jul 9
Charles Collins

Inquest shows how governments enable Fulani jihadists in Nigeria

Jul 8
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Filipino bishops elect new head as Cardinal David wraps up term

Jul 7
Joseph San Mateo

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Seven independent religious media outlets call for an end to trade between the EU and Israel

Jul 8
Religión Digital

Cameroon President Paul Biya delivers a speech during a ceremony at the Boulouris National Cemetery in Boulouris-sur-Mer, south eastern France, Aug. 15, 2024. (Credit: Christophe Simon/Pool via AP.)

Catholic leaders in Cameroon call on President Biya to not seek re-election

Jul 7
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Pope Leo XIV arrives at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, for a six-week vacation, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV resumes tradition and arrives Castel Gandolfo for vacation to restore ‘body and spirit’

Jul 7
Dario Artale,
Sylvia Stellacci, Associated Press

Officials comb through the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (Credit: Julio Cortez/AP.)

Pope Leo offers prayers for victims of Texas flooding

Jul 6
Charles Collins

A view of the Papal Palace in Castel Gandolfo, around 15 miles southeast of Rome May 29, 2021. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope Leo will have much to ponder during his vacation in Castel Gandolfo

Jul 6
Charles Collins

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Prayer does does not make things easy

Jul 6
Father Jeffrey F. Kirby

Pope Leo XIV meets with Archbishop Thibault Verny in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

French archbishop appointed head of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Jul 5
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV speaks to teachers from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, along with young people from Denmark in the Vatican on July 5, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo tells British school teachers they are ‘models in life’

Jul 5
Charles Collins

Cardinal says race to exploit Africa’s resources is the origin of armed conflict

Jul 5
Ngala Killian Chimtom

African bishop slams ‘outdated, biased’ global finance system

Jul 3
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Filipino parish temporarily closed after teen commits suicide

Jul 3
Joseph San Mateo

British Church to shut down Bioethics office

Jul 3
Charles Collins

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Cameroon President Paul Biya delivers a speech during a ceremony at the Boulouris National Cemetery in Boulouris-sur-Mer, south eastern France, Aug. 15, 2024. (Credit: Christophe Simon/Pool via AP.)

Catholic leaders in Cameroon call on President Biya to not seek re-election

Jul 7
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Pope Leo XIV arrives at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, for a six-week vacation, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV resumes tradition and arrives Castel Gandolfo for vacation to restore ‘body and spirit’

Jul 7
Dario Artale,
Sylvia Stellacci, Associated Press

Officials comb through the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (Credit: Julio Cortez/AP.)

Pope Leo offers prayers for victims of Texas flooding

Jul 6
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV meets with Archbishop Thibault Verny in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

French archbishop appointed head of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Jul 5
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV speaks to teachers from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, along with young people from Denmark in the Vatican on July 5, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo tells British school teachers they are ‘models in life’

Jul 5
Charles Collins

A mine worker holds bits of coltan ore in the mining town of Rubaya in the Democratic Republic of Congo on May 9, 2025. (Credit: Moses Sawasawa/AP.)

Cardinal says race to exploit Africa’s resources is the origin of armed conflict

Jul 5
Ngala Killian Chimtom

African bishop slams ‘outdated, biased’ global finance system

Jul 3
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Filipino parish temporarily closed after teen commits suicide

Jul 3
Joseph San Mateo

British Church to shut down Bioethics office

Jul 3
Charles Collins

Debate over Latin Mass heats up after apparent leak of Vatican documents that undermine Pope Francis

Jul 2
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

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Artificial Intelligence is putting humanity at a crossroads, says Pope Leo

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with Pope Leo XIV in Castel Gandolfo on July 9, 2025. (Credit: Ukrainian Government.)

Pope Leo renews offer to host meeting between Russia-Ukraine after visit by Zelenskyy

Jul 9
Charles Collins

The final congregation of the Second Session of the General Assembly of of the Synod on Synodality in October 2024. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Church may not be an international corporation, but Synod office seems to love business meetings

Jul 9
Charles Collins

Officials comb through the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (Credit: Julio Cortez/AP.)

Pope Leo offers prayers for victims of Texas flooding

Jul 6
Charles Collins

A view of the Papal Palace in Castel Gandolfo, around 15 miles southeast of Rome May 29, 2021. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope Leo will have much to ponder during his vacation in Castel Gandolfo

Jul 6
Charles Collins

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Peru bishops invite Pope Leo XIV to visit

Jul 1
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Pope calls for peace, diplomacy in light of U.S. strikes on Iran

Jun 22
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV greets Peruvian journalist Paola Ugaz in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican May 12, 2025, during a meeting with representatives of the media who covered his election. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo delivers fiery defense of freedom of the press, supports Peru journalists

Jun 21
Elise Ann Allen

Israeli Ambassador to the Holy See Yaron Sideman presents his credentials to Pope Francis. (Credit: Israeli Embassy to the Holy See.)

Israeli envoy defends Iran offensive, says pope can make a difference

Jun 17
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo urges Chicago youth to be messengers of hope, peace

Jun 15
Elise Ann Allen

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A woman holds a picture of Pope Francis reading in Italian “Farewell Francis, thank you His Holiness, today all the people cry for you” in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican after Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell announced the death of Pope Francis, Monday, April 21, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope Francis will be remembered for his concern over refugees and immigrants

Apr 21
John Lavenburg

Catholic Charities Western Washington CEO: Federal funding uncertainty ‘a big dilemma’

Mar 27
John Lavenburg

Parishioners attend Mass at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in the Queens borough of New York on Sunday, May 8, 2022. According to a report released Thursday, April 13, 2023, by the Pew Research Center, Catholics remain the largest religious group among Latinos in the United States, but the number of Latinos who identify as religiously unaffiliated continues to grow. (Credit: Brittainy Newman/AP.)

20 percent of adults have left their childhood religion in many countries, study shows

Mar 26
John Lavenburg

Religious freedom commission expresses ‘hope’ with Trump, cites Biden IRFA violation

Mar 26
John Lavenburg

Prime Minister Mark Carney meets young members of the crowd during the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Montreal, Sunday March 16, 2025. (Credit: Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP.)

Canadian Catholic leaders denounce government budget proposals

Mar 19
John Lavenburg

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