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...
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Pope issues updated 'Vos Estis' text for handling abuse cases
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has updated the procedures for investigating allegations of sexual abuse or the cover up of abuse, specifying that the...
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Welcoming migrants, refugees is first step toward peace, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Safe, organized, legal and sustainable migration is in the interest of all countries, Pope Francis wrote. "If this is not recognized,...
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Pope asks Catholics to renew consecration of world to Mary every March 25
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has invited Catholics worldwide to renew the act of consecrating the church and all humanity, especially Russia and...
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Notre Dame Cathedral reopening date announced as reconstruction on its famous spire wraps up in eastern France
VAL 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....
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AI and the meaning of life: Tech industry turns to religious leaders
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The people behind chatbots are asking questions of priests and ethicists rather than turning to their artificially intelligent creations....
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Legendary communist-era priest, Father Blachnicki, was murdered, Polish authorities confirm
(OSV News) -- Polish church leaders have welcomed renewed calls for the beatification of a popular priest, Father Franciszek Blachnicki (1921-1987), following...
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Young Catholic triathlete with Down syndrome, inspired by faith, tells UN he has 'no limitations'
UNITED NATIONS (OSV News) -- It was his first speaking engagement at the United Nations' headquarters in New York, and Gabriel Cobb, who has Down syndrome,...
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Portuguese Catholic Church highlights problems in abuse commission's report
(OSV News) -- Portugal's Catholic Church has reiterated new safeguarding commitments in line with an independent commission on sexual abuse by clergy,...
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A heart filled with scorn, vain presumption is a ticket to hell, pope says
VATICAN 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...
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Top Vatican official says London property deal was a 'Via Crucis'
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The substitute secretary for general affairs in the Vatican Secretariat of State said Vatican officials "were forced" into spending...
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Nicaraguan president who jailed bishop is 'unbalanced,' pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, who has strongly persecuted the church in the country and jailed a prominent bishop, is "unbalanced,"...
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Polish bishops defend St. John Paul II, form independent commission to investigate 'full picture' of archives
KRAKOW, Poland (OSV News) -- The bishops of Poland March 14 announced they will create a commission of experts to investigate cases of abuse of minors...
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Franciscans in Holy Land advance next phase of Jerusalem's Terra Sancta Museum
JERUSALEM (OSV News) -- The priest-director of the Cultural Heritage Office for the Custodia Terrae Sanctae, or Custody of the Holy Land, in Jerusalem...
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To be an apostle is to serve, not move up church's hierarchy, pope says
VATICAN 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,...
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Liturgical elements must foster prayer, sense of communion, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The aesthetic and artistic elements surrounding the liturgy must foster prayer and a sense of communion, Pope Francis said. "The...
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Abuse is 'clear and present danger,' pope says; local action essential
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Establishing clear procedures for protecting vulnerable people against abuse "must become a priority in every local church," Pope...
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Report: Nicaragua closes Vatican embassy in Managua, Nicaraguan embassy to Holy See
The 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,...
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'Not an easy job': Pope Francis asks for prayers on 10th anniversary as pope
Pope 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...
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Francis' decade as pope called dramatic, dizzying, daring and divisive -- anything but dull
(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."...
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Argentina celebrates 10 years of the first Latin American pontiff
LUJÁN, Argentina (OSV News) -- Argentine Catholics marked the 10 years of Pope Francis' election by celebrating Mass March 12, giving thanks for the papacy...
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He has 'changed our lives,' say those in need about Francis, the 'pope of the poor'
ROME (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,...
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'Fraternity, tears, smiles': Pope shares hopes for the future
VATICAN 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...
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Help those who are 'thirsty' for closeness, attention, Gospel, pope says
VATICAN 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...
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German Synodal Assembly allows women to preach at Mass, clears the way for church blessing of same-sex couples
FRANKFURT, 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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