President Trump is set to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States today with an elaborate celebration in Washington, D.C., featuring military flyovers and a fireworks display that organizers ...

Pope Leo XIV used a visit Saturday honoring St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first American saint and patron saint of immigrants, to deliver his latest appeal on behalf of them, asking Catholics to ...

About eight-in-ten U.S. Catholics (78%) have a favorable view of Pope Leo XIV, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. That’s down slightly from summer 2025, when 84% of U.S. Catholics ...

In the words of Selena Gomez, fellow Venus in Leo, 'The heart wants what it wants' Lights, camera… pose for a selfie! On June 13, charming Venus will dazzle its way into one of the warmest and most ...

Yes, it’s a warning about the dangers of AI. But that’s the tip of the iceberg. Pope Leo XIV attends the presentation of his first encyclical at the Synod Hall on May 25, 2026, in Vatican City.

BARCELONA, Spain — Pope Leo XIV offered his formal blessing Wednesday to the highest spire of what is now the world’s tallest church, holding Mass at the iconic Sagrada Família in Barcelona. The event ...

Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical “on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence,” has received widespread praise. This isn’t surprising. A popular and ...

Pope Leo called for artificial intelligence to be “disarmed” in his first papal encyclical, urging major regulation to protect against potential risks, including war and economic dislocation. Amna ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the Holy See's role in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican's record a ...

VATICAN CITY—Pope Leo XIV warned that artificial intelligence “threatens to normalize an anti-human vision” and said that the concentration of immense digital power in the hands of a few private ...

Pope Leo warns that AI risks leading the world toward unending war. Leo makes a range of impassioned appeals in his first encyclical. The first U.S. pope calls on AI companies to cool competition.

From middle school classrooms to the walls of the Vatican, there's no escaping the "six-seven" phenomenon. Even for the pope himself. Pope Leo XIV participated in the viral "6-7" trend at the urging ...