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Pope Francis gives his support for AI, but it must be ‘ordered to the human person’

The mountains above the village of Davos, where the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum takes place, on Jan. 19, 2025. (Credit: Markus Schreiber/AP.)

Pope Francis gives his support for AI, but it must be ‘ordered to the human person’

Pope Francis says AI – artificial intelligence – poses “a unique set of questions and challenges” for humanity.

Jan 24
Charles Collins

Medics evacuate a wounded man during an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, on Jan. 21, 2025. (Credit: Majdi Mohammed/AP.)

Bishops say Israel-Gaza peace agreement give an ‘uncertain road’ to recovery

Jan 24
Charles Collins

M23 rebels stand with their weapons in Kibumba, in the eastern of Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 23, 2022. (Credit: Moses Sawasawa/AP.)

Member of Bishops’ Conference say situation in eastern Congo is ‘catastrophic’

Jan 24
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Pope Francis. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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‘Sins of the flesh’ may lack ‘angelicality’ but they are hurting the Vatican

Jan 23
Charles Collins

Vatican investigators, Archbishop Charles Scicluna and Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu, arrive to the Vatican nunciature in Lima, on July 25, 2023. (Credit: Martin Mejia/AP.)

Peruvian prosecutor recommends archival of case against Vatican envoy

Jan 23
Elise Ann Allen

People displaced by violence in the Catatumbo region, where rebels of the National Liberation Army have been clashing with former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, take shelter at a school in Tibu, Colombia, Jan. 20, 2025. (Credit: Associated Press.)

Colombian region faces unprecedented humanitarian crisis after guerrilla attack

Jan 23
Eduardo Campos Lima

Motorists ride past a coal power plant in Indonesia. (Credit: Associated Press.)

Indonesian archbishop opposes plans to build geothermal power plant

Jan 23
Nirmala Carvalho

Pope Francis. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

News Analysis

‘Sins of the flesh’ may lack ‘angelicality’ but they are hurting the Vatican

Jan 23
Charles Collins

Vatican investigators, Archbishop Charles Scicluna and Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu, arrive to the Vatican nunciature in Lima, on July 25, 2023. (Credit: Martin Mejia/AP.)

Peruvian prosecutor recommends archival of case against Vatican envoy

Jan 23
Elise Ann Allen

People displaced by violence in the Catatumbo region, where rebels of the National Liberation Army have been clashing with former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, take shelter at a school in Tibu, Colombia, Jan. 20, 2025. (Credit: Associated Press.)

Colombian region faces unprecedented humanitarian crisis after guerrilla attack

Jan 23
Eduardo Campos Lima

Motorists ride past a coal power plant in Indonesia. (Credit: Associated Press.)

Indonesian archbishop opposes plans to build geothermal power plant

Jan 23
Nirmala Carvalho

Indonesian archbishop opposes plans to build geothermal power plant

Jan 23
Nirmala Carvalho

Pope Francis speaks to Catholics in Gaza parish after ceasefire

Jan 22
Charles Collins

Scottish Catholic aid agency says help is needed quickly after Gaza ceasefire

Jan 22
Charles Collins

Bishop says Trump’s efforts against immigrants ‘strikes fear’ in border communities

Jan 22
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Peru group dissolved by Vatican pledges obedience to pope

Jan 21
Elise Ann Allen

(Credit: Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.)

Poster of play in Peru with Catholic-based symbols sparks controversy

Jan 21
Eduardo Campos Lima

(Credit: Unsplash.)

Cameroon priest calls for ‘mental decolonization’ to tackle human trafficking

Jan 21
Ngala Killian Chimtom

St. Theresa of Child Jesus Chapel in Chokragaon village in Assam, India, after fire. (Credit: Bishop Michael Akasius Toppo.)

Chapel in Assam state in India burns to the ground

Jan 21
Nirmala Carvalho

President Donald Trump speaks in Emancipation Hall after the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Credit: Al Drago/Pool Photo via AP.)

In presidential address Trump claims he was ‘saved by God’ to run America

Jan 20
Charles Collins

Pope Francis goes through the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Dec. 24, 2024. (Credit: Alberto Pizzoli/AP.)

In new interview, Pope Francis says 2025 Jubilee a time of hope and forgiveness

Jan 20
Charles Collins

After first woman Vatican prefect, pope says another will follow

Jan 20
Elise Ann Allen

Displaced Palestinians leave parts of Khan Younis to go back to their homes in Rafah in the Gaza Strip on Jan. 19, 2025. (Credit: Jehad Alshrafi/AP.)

Pope says Israel-Gaza peace deal shows negotiations can help bring peace

Jan 20
Charles Collins

Pope prays for wisdom, efforts in peace as Trump takes office

Jan 20
Elise Ann Allen

World about to get sequel to ‘Francis vs. Trump’ blockbuster

Jan 20
Charles Collins

Vatican dissolves scandal-plagued Peru group

Jan 20
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Francis calls Trump’s plans for mass deportation a ‘disgrace’

Jan 20
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Peru group dissolved by Vatican pledges obedience to pope

Jan 21
Elise Ann Allen

(Credit: Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.)

Poster of play in Peru with Catholic-based symbols sparks controversy

Jan 21
Eduardo Campos Lima

(Credit: Unsplash.)

Cameroon priest calls for ‘mental decolonization’ to tackle human trafficking

Jan 21
Ngala Killian Chimtom

St. Theresa of Child Jesus Chapel in Chokragaon village in Assam, India, after fire. (Credit: Bishop Michael Akasius Toppo.)

Chapel in Assam state in India burns to the ground

Jan 21
Nirmala Carvalho

President Donald Trump speaks in Emancipation Hall after the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Credit: Al Drago/Pool Photo via AP.)

In presidential address Trump claims he was ‘saved by God’ to run America

Jan 20
Charles Collins

Pope Francis goes through the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Dec. 24, 2024. (Credit: Alberto Pizzoli/AP.)

In new interview, Pope Francis says 2025 Jubilee a time of hope and forgiveness

Jan 20
Charles Collins

After first woman Vatican prefect, pope says another will follow

Jan 20
Elise Ann Allen

Pope says Israel-Gaza peace deal shows negotiations can help bring peace

Jan 20
Charles Collins

Pope prays for wisdom, efforts in peace as Trump takes office

Jan 20
Elise Ann Allen

Vatican dissolves scandal-plagued Peru group

Jan 20
Elise Ann Allen

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The mountains above the village of Davos, where the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum takes place, on Jan. 19, 2025. (Credit: Markus Schreiber/AP.)

Pope Francis gives his support for AI, but it must be ‘ordered to the human person’

Jan 24
Charles Collins

Medics evacuate a wounded man during an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, on Jan. 21, 2025. (Credit: Majdi Mohammed/AP.)

Bishops say Israel-Gaza peace agreement give an ‘uncertain road’ to recovery

Jan 24
Charles Collins

Pope Francis. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

‘Sins of the flesh’ may lack ‘angelicality’ but they are hurting the Vatican

Jan 23
Charles Collins

Pope Francis at General Audience, Jan. 22, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Francis speaks to Catholics in Gaza parish after ceasefire

Jan 22
Charles Collins

Palestinians flee their neighborhood in Gaza on Nov. 8, 2023. (Credit: Associated Press.)

Scottish Catholic aid agency says help is needed quickly after Gaza ceasefire

Jan 22
Charles Collins

Elise Ann Allen

Vatican investigators, Archbishop Charles Scicluna and Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu, arrive to the Vatican nunciature in Lima, on July 25, 2023. (Credit: Martin Mejia/AP.)

Peruvian prosecutor recommends archival of case against Vatican envoy

Jan 23
Elise Ann Allen

Peru group dissolved by Vatican pledges obedience to pope

Jan 21
Elise Ann Allen

After first woman Vatican prefect, pope says another will follow

Jan 20
Elise Ann Allen

Pope prays for wisdom, efforts in peace as Trump takes office

Jan 20
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Francis greets José David Correa González, superior general of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, at the Vatican, on Oct. 30, 2021. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Vatican dissolves scandal-plagued Peru group

Jan 20
Elise Ann Allen

John Lavenburg

Two men walk near the border with Gaza in southern Israel on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Credit: Ariel Schalit/AP.)

Holy Land Catholic leaders: End of the war is not end of the conflict

Jan 17
John Lavenburg

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., listens as Republican senators talk to reporters about the Laken Riley Act, a bill to detain unauthorized immigrants who have been accused of certain crimes, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (Credit: J. Scott Applewhite/AP.)

Bishop says Laken Riley Act, mass deportations, are ‘vigilante’ approach

Jan 14
John Lavenburg

American bishops to parents who have had an abortion: ‘Our Lord loves you’

Jan 14
John Lavenburg

N.Y. Catholic Conference backs Hochul’s Child Tax Credit expansion proposal

Jan 11
John Lavenburg

Cardinal Robert Walter McElroy poses after after a consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Aug. 27, 2022. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Cardinal McElroy says he prays for Trump’s success as he takes over Washington archdiocese

Jan 7
John Lavenburg

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