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‘Urgent need to address dangers’: American bishops meet AI representatives

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A person takes a picture of a portrait of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St. Peter’s Cathedral in Regensburg, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. (Credit: Armin Weigl/dpa via AP.)

Premium article: Pope Leo approves note on Vatican II document on interreligious dialogue quoting Benedict XVI’s controversial Regensburg speech

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Premium article: Last vestige of anti-Catholic laws in Britain ending not a sign of Church revival

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In this photo provided by WESMINCOM Armed Forces of the Philippines, a soldier views the site inside a Roman Catholic cathedral in Jolo, the capital of Sulu province in the southern Philippines after two bombs exploded Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019. (Credit: WESMINCOM Armed Forces of the Philippines Via AP.)

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Pope Leo publishes first book of his pre-papal writing

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