Pope Leo XIV names EWTN’s Montse Alvarado as prefect of Vatican Dicastery for Communication June 2, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV appointed Maria Montserrat “Montse” Alvarado, president and chief operating officer of EWTN News, as prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication on June 2.
Pope Leo calls Archbishop Fulton Sheen ‘a light of faith’ who touched millions with the Gospel June 1, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV praised Venerable Fulton J. Sheen on June 1 as “a light of faith, hope, and love” whose radio and television broadcasts brought the Gospel to millions of Americans — including the pope himself as a child.
Can Catholics as consumers drive a better AI future? June 1, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, Vatican, World News As a small group of tech companies race to dominate the artificial intelligence era, much of the world has been left wondering whether ordinary people have any voice in the AI future that is being built.
Meet the Silicon Valley priest advising tech companies on artificial intelligence ethics May 29, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, World News Father Brendan McGuire used to be a Silicon Valley technology executive. Now he’s hearing their confessions. Today, the Irish-born pastor of St. Simon Catholic Parish in Los Altos, California, is helping to shape the moral conscience of the artificial intelligence industry.
Pope Leo asks Catholics worldwide to pray rosary for peace May 30 May 29, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV will preside over a worldwide rosary for peace May 30, uniting Marian shrines across continents in simultaneous prayer to close the Catholic Church’s month of devotion to the Virgin Mary.
Pope Leo XIV tells Vatican press conference AI must be ‘disarmed’ for humanity’s sake May 25, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV called for vigilance as he spoke at the Vatican press conference May 25 to present his first encyclical on artificial intelligence, saying his conversations with industry leaders — including “very troubling voices” who warned of autonomous weapons systems beyond effective human governance — had led him to the conviction that AI “needs to be disarmed.”
‘Magnifica Humanitas’: Pope Leo’s AI encyclical warns of temptation to build future excluding God May 25, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV published his landmark encyclical on artificial intelligence “Magnifica Humanitas” May 25, comparing the attempt to build an AI future that excludes God to the “Tower of Babel” and underlining the need to safeguard human dignity as it is “threatened by new forms of dehumanization.”
Pope Leo XIV urges confirmation candidates to ask Holy Spirit for gift of perseverance May 20, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments Pope Leo XIV has encouraged young Catholics preparing to receive the sacrament of confirmation to ask the Holy Spirit for the gift of perseverance, warning that too many young people “disappear from the parish” after receiving the sacrament.
Pope Leo XIV thanks Catholic Extension Society for supporting poor US dioceses May 18, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV encouraged Catholic Extension Society in its mission of supporting poor and remote Catholic communities across the United States, Puerto Rico and Cuba during a papal audience on May 18, saying that “love for our neighbor is tangible proof of the authenticity of our love for God.”
Pope Leo XIV to publish encyclical on artificial intelligence May 25 May 18, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” will be published May 25, addressing artificial intelligence and the protection of human dignity, the Vatican has announced.
Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on artificial intelligence is coming: Here’s what he has said on AI so far May 14, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News As the world awaits Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical on artificial intelligence, expected to be signed May 15 and released by the Vatican by the end of the month, here is a look at what the pope has said on AI since his election a year ago.
Pope Leo XIV names former missionary in Cuba as new bishop of Venice, Florida May 13, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has appointed Father Emilio Biosca Agüero, a Capuchin Franciscan missionary who served in Cuba and Papua New Guinea, as the new bishop of Venice, Florida.
