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Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims during his general audience on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.

Pope Leo XIV signals focus on AI with nod to Leo XIII’s social teaching legacy

May 29, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

The new pontiff has signaled the direction he intends to take his papacy in handling certain social questions that need... Read more

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134 years later, Rerum Novarum inspires Leo XIV and still shapes Catholic social teaching

May 15, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

Today, on the 134th anniversary of the release of Rerum Novarum, CNA takes a look at the significance of this... Read more

Pope Leo XIV addresses the College of Cardinals at the Vatican on May 10, 2025. The newly elected pontiff outlined his vision for his papacy in his first official meeting.

Pope Leo XIV shares vision for papacy in age of artificial intelligence

May 10, 2025

Pope Leo XIV explained his choice of name and the Church’s social teaching in the face of artificial intelligence and... Read more

A tapestry of St. John Paul II, whose 1991 encyclical Centesimus Annus inspired the foundation which met in Rome this week.

Experts in business, economy, consider Popes' call to solidarity

May 10, 2014

Business leaders, economic analysts and theologians gathered at the Vatican this week to consider, in light of Catholic social teaching,... Read more