Evangelization Lab helps churches bring digital travelers to the Catholic faith October 2, 2026By Jay Sorgi OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, World News Evangelization Lab, which Dallas-based José Manuel de Urquidi founded, aims to find answers and empower parishes, dioceses and other Catholic organizations with the tools they discover.
A look at the faith-based community working toward responsible AI practices October 1, 2026By Charles C. Camosy OSV News Filed Under: AI, Commentary Who are the voices working to ensure that the faith-based and human concerns are being heard in the fast-paced world of artificial intelligence (AI)? One of those voices, Ben Olsen, founder and CEO of interintelligence, a faith and technology advisory firm, recently spoke with OSV News’ Charles Camosy about his efforts connecting faith efforts with new AI technology.
Pope Leo XIV says he’s not losing sleep over AI apocalypse fears September 29, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, Vatican, World News On the return flight to Rome from his four-day visit to France Sept. 28, Pope Leo XIV said that the prospect of artificial intelligence destroying humanity does not keep him up at night.
Vatican’s top diplomat pushes 2-state solution, ‘limits’ on AI at UN General Assembly September 29, 2026By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: AI, Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Vatican secretary of state on Sept. 24 reiterated the Holy See’s support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Middle East and also called for limits on the fast pace of the development of artificial intelligence, or AI.
Vatican history commission working to preserve truth in the AI age, says new US member September 27, 2026By Jay Sorgi OSV News Filed Under: AI, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has added one of America’s leading Catholic educators with expertise in the connection between history and the faith to a key pontifical commission focused on preserving truth, at a time when the Holy Father is warning of how a failure to accurately understand history could lead to a politically and technologically more dangerous future for the world.
At UNESCO, pope laments paradox of celebrating AI while human dignity ‘discarded’ September 25, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV warned diplomats, academics and youth delegates that human dignity is being cast to the wayside in the name of efficiency and productivity in the era of AI.
AI is generating a mental health crisis, warns Divine Mercy University president September 25, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: AI, Colleges, Feature, News, World News The ever-increasing presence of artificial intelligence, with AI in every sphere of daily life, is generating a mental health crisis that threatens adults and children alike, according to Father Charles Sikorsky, president of Divine Mercy University, a private Catholic graduate school of psychology and counseling in Sterling, Virginia.
In Cuernavaca, North American bishops focus on migration, AI and Church cooperation September 18, 2026By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News In a spirit of prayer and dialogue, bishops representing the conferences of Mexico, the United States and Canada met in Cuernavaca, Mexico, to discern ways to strengthen collaboration across North America.
US bishops form new task force over AI concerns, meet with tech leaders September 16, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, World News Amid recent calls from several artificial intelligence leaders for a slowdown in the technology’s development, the nation’s Catholic bishops are engaging tech leaders and lawmakers to address concerns over AI and online child safety.
Labor Day a call to build communion, equity amid challenges of AI, says Archbishop Fabre September 4, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, World News This year’s Sept. 7 observance of Labor Day underscores Pope Leo XIV’s call to be “builders of communion” while safeguarding human dignity, as artificial intelligence “reshapes our economy and our work,” said Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre of Louisville, Kentucky.
Why some Catholic schools are going low-tech in the age of AI August 19, 2026By Zoey Maraist OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, Schools, World News Last year, the parochial school stopped providing digital devices to students, instead offering occasional computer time through shared computer carts. “We’ve found kids have actually learned more, they are retaining more,” he said. “I think we learn better from human beings than we do from machines.”
Security issues show AI needs greater human oversight, say Catholic experts August 11, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Recent security issue disclosures from major artificial intelligence developers Anthropic and OpenAI point to a need for even greater human oversight of the technology, two Catholic experts told OSV News.
