Builders AI Forum: A.I. at the Churchs Service

Builders AI Forum: A.I. at the Church’s Service ROME, ITALY — From November 6th to 7th, experts in artificial intelligence, technology companies, and investors gathered at the Pontifical Gregorian University for the Builders AI Forum — a landmark event dedicated to exploring how artificial intelligence can serve the mission of the Catholic Church in education, […]
Pope Leo Warns on AI and Modern Addictions

Pope Leo Warns on AI and Modern Addictions In this week’s Vatican updates, Pope Leo XIV delivered a powerful reminder that the Church must be anchored in the person of Christ rather than in worldly measures of success. Addressing a record number of pilgrims at his weekly general audience, the Holy Father cautioned against trends […]
Why 3 Popes Say Lord of the World Predicted Today

Why 3 Popes Say the Antichrist Novel ‘Lord of the World’ Predicted Our Times In Benson’s prophetic vision, the Church persists amid a godless world obsessed with progress, pleasure and power. In 2015, on a flight back to the Vatican from the Philippines, Pope Francis told journalists: “There is a book … it is called […]
Pope Leo XIV Urges Prudence on Supernatural Claims

Pope Leo calls for ‘prudent’ evaluation of supernatural phenomena to avoid superstition Pope Leo XIV during an address at the Vatican on Thursday called for the “prudent” evaluation of supernatural phenomena to avoid falling into superstition. “To avoid falling into superstitious illusion, it is necessary to evaluate such events prudently, through humble discernment and in […]
Pope Leo XIV Highlights Example of Enrique Shaw

Pope Leo XIV highlights example of Argentine businessman Enrique Shaw Pope Leo XIV honored the late Argentine businessman Enrique Shaw as one whose life demonstrates that “one can be both an entrepreneur and a saint” and that “economic efficiency and fidelity to the Gospel are not mutually exclusive.” In a message to participants of the […]
Vatican Bank Reinstates Couple Fired Over Marriage Rule

Vatican bank reinstates couple fired for violating prohibition on married employees The Vatican bank has rehired a married couple fired last year for breaking the financial institution’s internal regulations forbidding workplace marriages. The Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR) — which manages financial assets entrusted to it by the Holy See, the Vatican City […]
Vatican: Dozulé Apparitions ‘Not Supernatural’

Vatican declares alleged apparitions of Jesus in France ‘not supernatural’ The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) has declared that the alleged apparitions of Jesus in Dozulé, France, do not have an authentic divine origin and are therefore “not supernatural.” The prefect of the dicastery, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, confirmed the declaration based […]
Pope Leo XIV Visits Turkey and Lebanon’s Christian Past

In Turkey and Lebanon, Pope Leo Will Find Ruins and Roots of Catholic Faith COMMENTARY: Turkey is largely bereft of Christianity, while Lebanon still has a vibrant Christian presence. Pope Leo XIV’s first overseas trip will take him to two ancient, historic lands, both lands of the Bible and of the early Church. But Turkey […]
Pope Praises Blessed Elisva Vakha’i as Model for Women

Pope Leo XIV proposes 19th-century Indian religious as a model of women’s emancipation Pope Leo XIV spoke of the beatification this week of Mother Elisva Vakha’i, a 19th-century Indian religious and founder of the Third Order of the Teresian Discalced Carmelites, highlighting her “courageous commitment to the emancipation of the poorest girls.” “The witness of […]
Pope Leo XIV: Fraternity Is Humanity’s Great Challenge

Pope Leo XIV: Fraternity is ‘one of the great challenges for contemporary humanity’ Pope Leo XIV reflected Wednesday on the world’s need for fraternity — a gift from Christ that frees us from selfishness and division. Fraternity “is without doubt one of the great challenges for contemporary humanity, as Pope Francis saw clearly,” the pope […]