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

Leo XIV signed his first encyclical on Friday, May 15, exactly 135 years to the day after his predecessor and namesake, Leo XIII, signed his seminal social encyclical. He is looking at our Artificial Intelligence future.

  • May 17
  • Charles Collins
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
President Emmanuel Macron of France meets with Pope Leo XIV on April 10, 2026 in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope to visit France in September with a stop at UNESCO

  • May 16
  • Associated Press
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
Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

The Vatican has said a lot about artificial intelligence. A primer ahead of the pope’s encyclical

  • May 16
  • Nicole Winfield
A sign in Las Cruces, New Mexico. (Credit: Chancey Bush/The Albuquerque Journal via AP.)

Trump administration sues Catholic diocese to seize land near El Paso for border barrier

  • May 16
  • Uriel J. Garcia/ The Texas Tribune

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  • May 7
  • Deirdre Brennan
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
Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

The Vatican has said a lot about artificial intelligence. A primer ahead of the pope’s encyclical

  • May 16
  • Nicole Winfield
A sign in Las Cruces, New Mexico. (Credit: Chancey Bush/The Albuquerque Journal via AP.)

Trump administration sues Catholic diocese to seize land near El Paso for border barrier

  • May 16
  • Uriel J. Garcia/ The Texas Tribune

Publisher’s Note: Why Reader Support Matters More Than Ever

  • May 7
  • Deirdre Brennan

Publisher’s Note: Why Reader Support Matters More Than Ever

  • May 7
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Irish parliament defeats bill seeking to remove abortion waiting period

  • May 16
  • Fionn Shiner

Filipino bishops condemn violence after Senate shooting incident

  • May 16
  • Paterno R. Esmaquel II

Religion data expert: Easter convert numbers are ‘drop in the bucket’

  • May 15
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Leo XIV at Regina Caeli: Putting humanity first in the AI age
  1. Premium article: New Orleans kept accused priest in pulpit despite complaints: misconduct ‘involved adults’, archdiocese admits

  2. The Vatican has said a lot about artificial intelligence. A primer ahead of the pope’s encyclical

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

  4. Trump administration sues Catholic diocese to seize land near El Paso for border barrier

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

Democratic advocate Jimmy Lai leaves Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal on Feb. 1, 2021. (Credit: Vincent Yu/AP.)

Trump says Xi is considering a detained pastor’s case, but freeing Catholic activist Jimmy Lai is ‘tough’

  • May 16
  • Kanis Leung, 
    Didi Tang
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
Siena Heights University will close after the 2025–2026 academic year. (Credit: Siena Heights University.)

Money woes close a small Michigan Catholic college. It’s not alone

  • May 15
  • Janelle D. James/ Bridge Michigan
Israelis celebrate ahead of a march marking Jerusalem Day, an Israeli holiday celebrating the capture of east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war, in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (Credit: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP.)

Ultranationalist Jews chant racist slogans during annual march into Jerusalem’s Old City

  • May 15
  • Julia Frankel
President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 6, 2025. (Credit: Evan Vucci/AP.)

Trump administration will join a prayer gathering criticized for promoting Christian nationalism

  • May 14
  • Peter Smith
Pope Leo XVI at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, on May 14, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo tells students at Europe’s largest university to battle anxiety in today’s world

  • May 14
  • Crux Now Staff
Pope Leo XIV visits the Città Universitaria (University City) at Sapienza University of Rome to meet with faculty and students at the institution's primary campus, one of the world's oldest and largest universities, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope decries the rise of AI-directed warfare, saying it leads to a spiral of annihilation

  • May 14
  • Nicole Winfield, 
    Paolo Santalucia
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech next to the submarine ‘Le Temeraire’ (The Temerarious) at the Nuclear submarines Navy base of Ile Longue in Crozon, France, Monday March 2, 2026. (Credit: Yoan Valat/Pool Photo via AP.)

French Senate rejects assisted suicide bill again

  • May 14
  • Fionn Shiner

Advocate says sentence of Egyptian Coptic scholar has created a ‘chilling effect’ on Christians

  • May 14
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom

Catholic archbishop calls for calm after three Baptist ministers killed in northeastern India

  • May 13
  • Nirmala Carvalho

Vatican issues final warning to breakaway traditionalist SSPX

  • May 13
  • Nicole Winfield

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

  • May 13
  • Christopher R. Altieri
Democratic advocate Jimmy Lai leaves Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal on Feb. 1, 2021. (Credit: Vincent Yu/AP.)

Trump says Xi is considering a detained pastor’s case, but freeing Catholic activist Jimmy Lai is ‘tough’

  • May 16
  • Kanis Leung, 
    Didi Tang
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
Siena Heights University will close after the 2025–2026 academic year. (Credit: Siena Heights University.)

Money woes close a small Michigan Catholic college. It’s not alone

  • May 15
  • Janelle D. James/ Bridge Michigan
Israelis celebrate ahead of a march marking Jerusalem Day, an Israeli holiday celebrating the capture of east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war, in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (Credit: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP.)

Ultranationalist Jews chant racist slogans during annual march into Jerusalem’s Old City

  • May 15
  • Julia Frankel
President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 6, 2025. (Credit: Evan Vucci/AP.)

Trump administration will join a prayer gathering criticized for promoting Christian nationalism

  • May 14
  • Peter Smith
Pope Leo XVI at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, on May 14, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo tells students at Europe’s largest university to battle anxiety in today’s world

  • May 14
  • Crux Now Staff

Pope decries the rise of AI-directed warfare, saying it leads to a spiral of annihilation

  • May 14
  • Nicole Winfield, 
    Paolo Santalucia

French Senate rejects assisted suicide bill again

  • May 14
  • Fionn Shiner

Advocate says sentence of Egyptian Coptic scholar has created a ‘chilling effect’ on Christians

  • May 14
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom

Catholic archbishop calls for calm after three Baptist ministers killed in northeastern India

  • May 13
  • Nirmala Carvalho

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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
Pope Leo XIV arrives to celebrate Mass at Yaounde Ville Airport, Cameroon, Saturday, April 18, 2026 on the sixth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Premium article: Tea leaves take on many colors in pope’s response to question on gay blessings

  • Apr 26
  • Charles Collins

Charles Collins

Charles Collins
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

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

Pope’s last day in Equatorial Guinea a tale of tensions

  • Apr 23
  • Elise Ann Allen
Pope Leo XIV's first public event in Equatorial Guinea on April 21, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope visits psychiatric hospital in Equatorial Guinea, urges love over stigma

  • Apr 21
  • Elise Ann Allen
Pope Leo XIV is welcomed by Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, right, upon his arrival at Malabo International Airport in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, on the ninth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope lands in Equatorial Guinea decrying ‘economy that kills’

  • Apr 21
  • Elise Ann Allen

Christopher R. Altieri

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

Premium article: Leo XIV makes anniversary visit to Pompeii, Naples in footsteps of sainted local hero

  • May 8
  • Christopher R. Altieri