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

Papal Transition

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Pope Leo XIV blesses the altar before Mass at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on May 18, 2025. (Credit: Elise Ann Allen/Crux.)

Pope Leo XIV calls for ‘unity’ during his official inauguration

May 18, 2025
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV meets diplomats at the Vatican on May 16, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Addressing ambassadors, Pope Leo XIV says ‘peace’ is not a ‘negative word’

May 16, 2025
Charles Collins

Cardinal-designate Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo speaks at an Oct. 8, 2024, press briefing at the Vatican for the Synod of Bishops. (Credit: Lola Gomez/CNS.)

Japanese cardinal explains why Pope Leo XIV was chosen in the conclave

May 12, 2025
Nirmala Carvalho

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle speaks at a post-conclave press conference along with two other Filipino cardinal electors at the Pontificio Collegio Filippino in Rome, May 9, 2025. (Credit: Roy Lagarde/CBCP News.)

Cardinal Tagle says ‘no turning back’ from Francis’s pro-poor programs under Leo XIV

May 12, 2025
Joseph San Mateo

Jari Honora, family historian for the Historic New Orleans Collection, shows the genealogy material of the grandparents of Pope Leo XIV in New Orleans, Louisiana, on May 9, 2025. (Credit: Gerald Herbert/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV’s Creole heritage highlights complex history of racism and the church in America

May 10, 2025
Jack Brook,
Deepa Bharath, Associated Press

The Chicago White Sox honors Pope Leo XIV on the scoreboard before a baseball game against the Miami Marlins on May 8, 2025. (Credit: David Banks/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV is a White Sox fan — and the organization is embracing the occasion

May 10, 2025
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, appears on the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican shortly after his election as pontiff, on May 8, 2025. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

Cardinal Gracias says Pope Leo XIV will ‘inspire and lead’

May 10, 2025
Nirmala Carvalho

American cardinals hail new pope as ‘citizen of the world’

May 10, 2025
Elise Ann Allen

Guess who’s coming to dinner? The future pope!

May 9, 2025
John L. Allen Jr.

Mass for the Church of Pope Leo XIV with the Cardinal Electors, and other Cardinals present in Rome, in the Sistine Chapel, May 9, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo XIV notes even some baptized Christians ‘in state of practical atheism’

May 9, 2025
Crux Now Staff

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Category: Papal Transition | Crux

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

Sep 17
Crux Now Staff

On AI, top Vatican cardinal is worried about states ‘going it alone’

Sep 17
Crux Now Staff

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

Sep 16
Charles Collins

Premium article: Catholicism is a ‘minority religion’ in France, expert tells Crux Now ahead of pope’s visit

Sep 16
Fionn Shiner