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A ‘chatbot’ can’t replace angels, Bishop Varden tells Pope Leo, Roman Curia

Pope Leo XIV receives the letters of credential of Brian F. Burch as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See during an audience Sept. 13, 2025, in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

US Ambassador sees potential for ‘Catholic Moment’ with Leo

Feb 25
Elise Ann Allen

Brian Burch speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on his nomination for to be Ambassador to The Holy See, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/AP.)

US immigration law ‘not rooted in hate or xenophobia,’ ambassador says

Feb 25
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV at the Lenten retreat in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

In Lenten meditation, Bishop Erik Varden addresses abuse, corruption

Feb 25
Christopher R. Altieri

In this photo provided by Ukraine’s 65th Mechanized Brigade press service, a local passes by a destroyed apartment building following an Russian air strike in the town of Komyshuvakha in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (Credit: Andriy Andriyenko/Ukraine’s 65th Mechanized Brigade via AP.)

On anniversary of Russian invasion, Major Archbishop says Pope Leo understands Ukraine

Feb 24
Charles Collins

The Lenten retreat takes place in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

A ‘chatbot’ can’t replace angels, Bishop Varden tells Pope Leo, Roman Curia

Feb 26
Charles Collins

This picture, taken on Feb. 17, 2023, and released by her family on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, shows AP Rome longtime correspondent Daniela Petroff, who died at 80 at her home in Rome on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (Credit: Debbie Simpson via AP, HO.)

Daniela Petroff, AP’s longtime Vatican reporter, dies at 80

Feb 26
Nicole Winfield,
Colleen Barry, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV at the Lenten retreat in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

In Lenten meditation, Bishop Erik Varden addresses abuse, corruption

Feb 25
Christopher R. Altieri

Pope Leo XIV receives the letters of credential of Brian F. Burch as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See during an audience Sept. 13, 2025, in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

US Ambassador sees potential for ‘Catholic Moment’ with Leo

Feb 25
Elise Ann Allen

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