Pope Leo XIV

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Vatican says Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer after surgery

Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer, the Vatican said Tuesday. During surgery at Rome's Gemelli hospital, doctors removed the lower lobe of his right lung, and a medical bulletin confirmed a diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma, a common form of the…

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Pope Leo XIV says AI cannot be ‘morally neutral’

Pope Leo XIV posted on X on Thursday that artificial intelligence cannot be considered "morally neutral," extending his campaign to position the Catholic Church as a leading ethical voice in the global AI debate.

Pope Leo XIV calls to ‘disarm’ AI in first encyclical

Pope Leo XIV on Monday released his first encyclical, a sweeping nearly 43,000-word document that calls for the "disarming" of artificial intelligence and warns that the technology risks becoming a modern Tower of Babel if left unchecked in the hands…

Pope Leo XIV revives papal summer retreat tradition

Pope Leo XIV will depart Vatican City tomorrow to spend two weeks at the papal summer retreat in Castel Gandolfo, reviving a centuries-old tradition abandoned by his predecessor for over a decade. The pontiff will travel to the hilltop estate…