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Pope Leo XIV delivers his blessing as he recites the Regina Coeli noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 17, 2026. (Credit{ Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope and co-founder of Anthropic to launch pontiff’s AI encyclical on May 25

May 18
Nicole Winfield

Pedro Ballester, seen here with Pope Francis, died in 2018. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Premium article: ‘More incisive than the pope’: Bishop dreaded the grilling he got during hospital visits to a potential young saint

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A human on the starliner in Wall-E. (Credit: Pixar.)

Premium article: In the AI revolution, Leo XIV wants a third way between Terminator and Wall-E

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From left, Elisabetta Magnanti and Mark Faulkner from Dublin's Trinity College and Valentina Longo of Rome's National Central Library look at a manuscript containing a rare, long-lost copy of Caedmon's Hymn, the first poem ever to be written down in Old English, at Rome's National Library, Thursday, May 8, 2026. (Credit: Andrea Rosa/AP.)

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A woman is allowed to drop off flowers at the Annunciation Catholic School sign near the scene of the shooting at the school in Minneapolis on Aug. 27, 2025. (Credit: Renee Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP.)

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Pope Leo XIV delivers his blessing as he recites the Regina Coeli noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 17, 2026. (Credit{ Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope and co-founder of Anthropic to launch pontiff’s AI encyclical on May 25

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Pedro Ballester, seen here with Pope Francis, died in 2018. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Premium article: ‘More incisive than the pope’: Bishop dreaded the grilling he got during hospital visits to a potential young saint

May 18
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From left, Elisabetta Magnanti and Mark Faulkner from Dublin's Trinity College and Valentina Longo of Rome's National Central Library look at a manuscript containing a rare, long-lost copy of Caedmon's Hymn, the first poem ever to be written down in Old English, at Rome's National Library, Thursday, May 8, 2026. (Credit: Andrea Rosa/AP.)

Researchers stunned by a forgotten medieval Catholic book in Rome hiding the oldest English poem

May 18
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