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Pope Leo at the Synod Hall in the Vatican on May 25, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Leo in new AI text condemns ‘culture of power’ that fuels war

In his most significant document to date, Pope Leo XIV addressed what he called a “culture of power” in which violence is favored over peace and limitless technological advancement is embraced at the expense of the human being, especially the poor.

  • May 25
  • Elise Ann Allen
The OpenAI logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen which displays the ChatGPT home Screen, March 17, 2023, in Boston. (Credit: Michael Dwyer/AP.)

Leo says the use of AI must not inhibit human dignity or create ‘new colonialism’

  • May 25
  • Elise Ann Allen

Premium article: Rule of law and reform of justice in the Church: Part 1 of a series

  • May 25
  • Christopher R. Altieri
Workers offload grains from a truck at the Mile 12 Market in Lagos, Nigeria, on Feb. 12, 2024. (Credit: Mansur Ibrahim/AP.)

Catholic professor says Free Trade Area is Africa’s Only shield against global power rivalries

  • May 25
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom
A man walks along an alley in Owino Uhuru village, an informal settlement in Mikindani, Mombasa County, Kenya, on April 10, 2026. (Credit: Kelvin Rading/AP.)

Trade, debt, and justice: An interview with Professor Franklin Nnaemeka Ngwu on Africa’s path to sovereignty

  • May 24
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom

Pope Leo Prays for China, Mideast Christians on Pentecost Sunday

  • May 24
  • Crux Now Staff
A scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey. (Credit: MGM.)
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Premium article: Facing the AI challenge, Leo XIV is asking, ‘What does it mean to be human?’

  • May 24
  • Charles Collins
Workers offload grains from a truck at the Mile 12 Market in Lagos, Nigeria, on Feb. 12, 2024. (Credit: Mansur Ibrahim/AP.)

Catholic professor says Free Trade Area is Africa’s Only shield against global power rivalries

  • May 25
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom
A man walks along an alley in Owino Uhuru village, an informal settlement in Mikindani, Mombasa County, Kenya, on April 10, 2026. (Credit: Kelvin Rading/AP.)

Trade, debt, and justice: An interview with Professor Franklin Nnaemeka Ngwu on Africa’s path to sovereignty

  • May 24
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom

Pope Leo Prays for China, Mideast Christians on Pentecost Sunday

  • May 24
  • Crux Now Staff
A scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey. (Credit: MGM.)
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Premium article: Facing the AI challenge, Leo XIV is asking, ‘What does it mean to be human?’

  • May 24
  • Charles Collins

Premium article: Facing the AI challenge, Leo XIV is asking, ‘What does it mean to be human?’

  • May 24
  • Charles Collins

Peru’s Catholic Church holds a symbolic ceremony in apology for Indigenous land dispossession

  • May 24
  • Associated Press

Pope Leo meets families of youth lost to illegal toxic waste dumping in Italy’s ‘Land of Fires’

  • May 23
  • Silvia Stellacci, 
    Associated Press

Rubio visits Missionaries of Charity on the first day of his visit to India

  • May 23
  • Nirmala Carvalho

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Pope calls for robust regulation of AI in manifesto that ponders the future of humanity
Pope Leo XIV, left, greets Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah during the presentation of the Pope’s first encyclical, “Magnifica humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence,” at the Vatican, Monday, May 25, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope calls for robust regulation of AI in manifesto that ponders the future of humanity

  • May 25
  • Nicole Winfield, 
    Paolo Santalucia, Associated Press
Pope Leo XIV holds the pastoral staff as he celebrates the Pentecost Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See’s own role in legitimizing slavery

  • May 25
  • Nicole Winfield, 
    Paolo Santalucia, Associated Press
San Agustin parish church in Barcelona, Spain. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Premium article: Inside the Barcelona homeless shelter the Pope will visit

  • May 22
  • Fionn Shiner
A poster of slain environmentalist Juan López hangs in his home as a state-assigned bodyguard watches over the López family, in Tocoa, Honduras, Dec. 6, 2024. (Credit: Moises Castillo/AP.)

One of the masterminds behind killing of Catholic activist arrested in Honduras

  • May 22
  • Eduardo Campos Lima

Vatican turns attention to Cuba amid heighted tensions with US

  • May 21
  • Elise Ann Allen
A miner launches a firecracker at police during an anti-government protest in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, May 18, 2026. (Credit: Juan Karita/AP.)

Amid major social unrest, Church tries to mediate talks in Bolivia

  • May 21
  • Eduardo Campos Lima
Vice President Sara Duterte leads the celebration of the 84th Day of Valor in Davao City, Philippines, April 9, 2026. (Credit: Inday Sara Duterte/Facebook.)

Filipino Evangelicals seek fair Duterte trial, flood control corruption probe

  • May 21
  • Paterno R. Esmaquel II
Bishop John Tatah Berinyuy, auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese, poses for a portrait in Bamenda, Cameroon, Sunday, April 12, 2026. (Credit: Welba Yamo Pascal/AP.)

Premium article: From captivity to the Cathedral: An interview with Cameroon’s new bishop

  • May 21
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom

Kyiv holds a funeral for 2 young sisters killed by a Russian missile strike

  • May 20
  • Hanna Arhirova, 
    Vasilisa Stepanenko

Kenya’s professional mourners help grieving families and keep tradition alive

  • May 20
  • Åsa Wallin

Many Catholics mourning the loss of late-night host Stephen Colbert’s show

  • May 20
  • Mark Kennedy, 
    Associated Press

Pakistan bishop tells Crux Now meeting with Pope Leo was ‘fruitful’

  • May 20
  • Nirmala Carvalho
Pope Leo XIV, left, greets Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah during the presentation of the Pope’s first encyclical, “Magnifica humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence,” at the Vatican, Monday, May 25, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope calls for robust regulation of AI in manifesto that ponders the future of humanity

  • May 25
  • Nicole Winfield, 
    Paolo Santalucia, Associated Press
Pope Leo XIV holds the pastoral staff as he celebrates the Pentecost Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See’s own role in legitimizing slavery

  • May 25
  • Nicole Winfield, 
    Paolo Santalucia, Associated Press
San Agustin parish church in Barcelona, Spain. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Premium article: Inside the Barcelona homeless shelter the Pope will visit

  • May 22
  • Fionn Shiner
A poster of slain environmentalist Juan López hangs in his home as a state-assigned bodyguard watches over the López family, in Tocoa, Honduras, Dec. 6, 2024. (Credit: Moises Castillo/AP.)

One of the masterminds behind killing of Catholic activist arrested in Honduras

  • May 22
  • Eduardo Campos Lima

Vatican turns attention to Cuba amid heighted tensions with US

  • May 21
  • Elise Ann Allen
A miner launches a firecracker at police during an anti-government protest in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, May 18, 2026. (Credit: Juan Karita/AP.)

Amid major social unrest, Church tries to mediate talks in Bolivia

  • May 21
  • Eduardo Campos Lima

Filipino Evangelicals seek fair Duterte trial, flood control corruption probe

  • May 21
  • Paterno R. Esmaquel II

Premium article: From captivity to the Cathedral: An interview with Cameroon’s new bishop

  • May 21
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom

Kyiv holds a funeral for 2 young sisters killed by a Russian missile strike

  • May 20
  • Hanna Arhirova, 
    Vasilisa Stepanenko

Kenya’s professional mourners help grieving families and keep tradition alive

  • May 20
  • Åsa Wallin

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A scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey. (Credit: MGM.)

Premium article: Facing the AI challenge, Leo XIV is asking, ‘What does it mean to be human?’

  • May 24
  • Charles Collins
A human on the starliner in Wall-E. (Credit: Pixar.)

Premium article: In the AI revolution, Leo XIV wants a third way between Terminator and Wall-E

  • May 17
  • Charles Collins
Pope Leo XIV speaks to reporters as he leaves the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on March 31, 2026. (Credit: Gregoria Borgia/AP.)

Premium article: Pope Leo says there are more important subjects than sexuality, but that won’t stop the conversation

  • May 12
  • Charles Collins

Premium article: Leo XIV’s ‘January’ year tells much about his governing program

  • May 10
  • Christopher R. Altieri
President Donald Trump walks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio to speak with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, March 20, 2026, in Washington. (Credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP.)

Premium article: Rubio walks diplomatic tightrope as Trump attacks Pope Leo

  • May 6
  • Charles Collins

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Members stand to show image of Church Life Africa in Nigeria. (Credit: Augustine Institute.)

Premium article: New program set up to teach lay catechists for growing Catholic population in Africa

  • May 15
  • Charles Collins
The Basilica of San Albino in Mesilla, New Mexico. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Premium article: Thousands of diocesan documents stolen in Diocese of Las Cruces; head of Voice of the Laity allegedly involved

  • May 11
  • Charles Collins
(Credit: Voice of the Faithful.)

Premium article: Questions about the Neocatechumenal Way persist in New Mexico diocese

  • May 10
  • Charles Collins
Jen Fulwiler and her daughter Lane. (Credit: Fulwiler family.)

Premium article: Catholic comic leans on faith as daughter battles brain cancer

  • May 1
  • Charles Collins
Bishop Peter Baldacchino speaks at the Frank O’Brien Papen Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on Sept. 24, 2025. (Credit: Voice of the Laity YouTube.)

Premium article: Bishop crashing a laity meeting in Las Cruces draws attention to Neocatechumenal Way

  • Apr 30
  • Charles Collins

Elise Ann Allen

Elise Ann Allen
Pope Leo at the Synod Hall in the Vatican on May 25, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Leo in new AI text condemns ‘culture of power’ that fuels war

  • May 25
  • Elise Ann Allen
The OpenAI logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen which displays the ChatGPT home Screen, March 17, 2023, in Boston. (Credit: Michael Dwyer/AP.)

Leo says the use of AI must not inhibit human dignity or create ‘new colonialism’

  • May 25
  • Elise Ann Allen

Vatican turns attention to Cuba amid heighted tensions with US

  • May 21
  • Elise Ann Allen

Interview: Israeli envoy says Christian presence in Middle East must be preserved

  • May 5
  • Elise Ann Allen
Pope Leo XIV on the papal plane from Equatorial Guinea to Rome on April 23, 2026. (Credit: Elise Ann Allen/Crux Now.)

On way back to Rome, Pope Leo condemns state executions in Iran

  • Apr 23
  • Elise Ann Allen

Christopher R. Altieri

Christopher R. Altieri

Premium article: Rule of law and reform of justice in the Church: Part 1 of a series

  • May 25
  • Christopher R. Altieri
Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims and tourists gathered in St. Peter's Square to pray the Regina Caeli on Sunday, 10 May 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Leo XIV at Regina Caeli: Putting humanity first in the AI age

  • May 17
  • Christopher R. Altieri
Archbishop Gregory Aymond, of New Orleans, listens during a news conference at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ annual fall meeting in Baltimore, Nov. 12, 2013. (Credit: Patrick Semansky/AP.)

Premium article: New Orleans kept accused priest in pulpit despite complaints: misconduct ‘involved adults’, archdiocese admits

  • May 16
  • Christopher R. Altieri
Father Anthony Odiong, 57, arrested on 16 July 2024. (Credit: Waco Police.)

Premium article: Questions abound as sex crimes trial looms for priest in Texas

  • May 13
  • Christopher R. Altieri

Pope spends anniversary afternoon in Naples, ‘city of a thousand colors’

  • May 9
  • Christopher R. Altieri