Pope Francis calls for 'ethical and responsible' AI development
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis asked tech leaders to measure the value of their innovations not in processing power or profit potential, but in their...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis asked tech leaders to measure the value of their innovations not in processing power or profit potential, but in their...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has updated the procedures for investigating allegations of sexual abuse or the cover up of abuse, specifying that the...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Safe, organized, legal and sustainable migration is in the interest of all countries, Pope Francis wrote. "If this is not recognized,...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has invited Catholics worldwide to renew the act of consecrating the church and all humanity, especially Russia and...
Read MoreVAL DE BRIEY, France (OSV News) -- Four years after a devastating fire, the date of the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has been set for Dec....
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The people behind chatbots are asking questions of priests and ethicists rather than turning to their artificially intelligent creations....
Read More(OSV News) -- Polish church leaders have welcomed renewed calls for the beatification of a popular priest, Father Franciszek Blachnicki (1921-1987), following...
Read MoreUNITED NATIONS (OSV News) -- It was his first speaking engagement at the United Nations' headquarters in New York, and Gabriel Cobb, who has Down syndrome,...
Read More(OSV News) -- Portugal's Catholic Church has reiterated new safeguarding commitments in line with an independent commission on sexual abuse by clergy,...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The faithful must set aside their egos and sense of superiority over others to make room for God and his tender mercy, Pope Francis...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The substitute secretary for general affairs in the Vatican Secretariat of State said Vatican officials "were forced" into spending...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, who has strongly persecuted the church in the country and jailed a prominent bishop, is "unbalanced,"...
Read MoreKRAKOW, Poland (OSV News) -- The bishops of Poland March 14 announced they will create a commission of experts to investigate cases of abuse of minors...
Read MoreJERUSALEM (OSV News) -- The priest-director of the Cultural Heritage Office for the Custodia Terrae Sanctae, or Custody of the Holy Land, in Jerusalem...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Being an apostle does not mean climbing up the church's hierarchy to look down on others but humbling oneself in a spirit of service,...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The aesthetic and artistic elements surrounding the liturgy must foster prayer and a sense of communion, Pope Francis said. "The...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Establishing clear procedures for protecting vulnerable people against abuse "must become a priority in every local church," Pope...
Read MoreThe president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, has ordered the closing of the Vatican embassy in Managua and the Nicaraguan embassy to the Holy See in Rome,...
Read MorePope Francis asked for prayers as he spoke about the future of the Church and his pontificate so far in an interview published in the early hours of Sunday. Speaking...
Read More(OSV News) -- For the biographer of Pope Francis, 10 years into the current papacy, "the church is in a very different place," with "less anger and defensiveness."...
Read MoreLUJÁN, Argentina (OSV News) -- Argentine Catholics marked the 10 years of Pope Francis' election by celebrating Mass March 12, giving thanks for the papacy...
Read MoreROME (OSV News) -- It's almost 7 p.m. in Rome. Silvano just arrived at Palazzo Migliori. He rushes to get dinner but since there are still 20 minutes,...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In interviews focused on the 10th anniversary of his election, Pope Francis insisted it is not his task to make an accounting of...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Jesus quenches humanity's thirst with love, Pope Francis said. "And he does with us what he did with the Samaritan woman -- he comes...
Read MoreFRANKFURT, Germany (OSV News) -- The final assembly of the German Synodal Way took place in Frankfurt March 9-11, where 230 bishops and lay representatives...
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