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Amid doomsaying on AI, Leo XIV looks before – and beyond – regulation

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Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives at the Vatican Library on the day of his 71st birthday, Monday, Sept. 14, 2026, during a press preview of the exhibit ""AQVA, Catastrophe and Wonder," which will be open to the public from Sept. 25 through May 14, 2027. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope celebrates his 71st birthday but it’s Vatican employees who get the gift

Sep 15
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims and tourists at the Angelus on Sunday, 13 Sept. 2026 in the Vatican. (Image ©Vatican Media)

Pope commemorates 9/11 attacks with prayers for peace and for those who died

Sep 13
Nicole Winfield

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British parliament rejects bill seeking to legalize assisted suicide

Sep 11
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Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin, right, talks with his brother and farm manager, Cesar Marroquin, in a small field of vegetables growing on his farm, Salvatierra Farms, in Northfield, Minn., Friday, June 19, 2026. (Credit: Jessie Wardarski/AP.)

For these Midwest farmers, regenerative agriculture is about more than soil health. It’s spiritual

Sep 11
Jessie Wardarski

The Harmony Hill campus is seen June 10, 2026, in Watertown, S.D. (Credit: Bart Pfankuch/South Dakota News Watch via AP.)

Monastery makeover: Nuns leave lasting legacy of service in Watertown, South Dakota

Sep 10
Bart Pfankuch/ South Dakota News Watch

Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter's Basilica on Aug. 5, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope’s visit to France likely to attract 1M people, with Mass and vigil in Paris and Lourdes trip

Sep 9
Sylvie Corbet

A man prays at a sanctuary dedicated to late Argentine singer Gilda on the 30th anniversary of her death in a bus crash, in Entre Rios, Argentina, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (Credit: Natacha Pisarenko/AP.)

30 years after her death, Gilda embodies Argentina’s enduring faith in folk saints

Sep 8
Isabel Debre

Pope Leo XIV receives a box with butterflies as he arrives at the Basilica Sanctuary of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, central Italy, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope returns to sanctuary where he prayed after election and unveils a fresco depicting the event

Sep 8
Silvia Stellacci,
Nicole Winfield

Aerial photo of damage near Nuestra Señora de la Luz church in Temascalcingo in a village in the municipality of Huejutla, Mexico, on Sep. 6, 2026. (Credit: Ramsés Mercado/AP.)

Explosion of fireworks near church in central Mexico kills at least 10, injures 64

Sep 7
Ramsés Mercado,
Emilio Lugo

A golf cart sits near the Colosseum as tourists crowd the surrounding streets in Rome, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, highlighting the growing presence of the vehicles in the capital’s historic center as authorities move to curb an industry blamed by critics for worsening congestion, illegal parking, and overtourism. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Reckoning looms for golf carts that zip through Rome’s crowded historic center

Sep 4
David Biller,
Lorenzo Gironacci

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