null / Credit: LookerStudio/Shutterstock Vatican City, Jun 20, 2025 / 18:46 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has issued a fresh warning about the negative effects that artificial intelligence (AI) can have on the “intellectual and neurological development” of rising generations, along with a call to confront the “loss of the sense of the human” that…

The British Parliament building in London. / Credit: Marinesea/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 20, 2025 / 17:21 pm (CNA). British lawmakers in the House of Commons passed a bill on Friday legalizing assisted suicide for terminally ill patients in England and Wales in spite of warnings from Catholic bishops. To become law, the bill still needs…

American adults in their 20s and 30s plan to have fewer children than adults did a decade ago, Pew Research Center reported on June 19, 2025. / Credit: Fotogrin/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 20, 2025 / 17:51 pm (CNA). American adults in their 20s and 30s plan to have fewer children than adults did a…

The childhood home of Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, in Dolton, Illinois. / Credit: Michael Howie, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Jun 20, 2025 / 14:41 pm (CNA). The auction for the childhood home of Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, has been extended by a month and will now close on…

The Catholic bishops in Nigeria’s Onitsha ecclesiastical province have condemned recent attacks in Benue state that reportedly resulted in the death of some 200 people and called for fasting and prayer in honor of the victims. / Credit: Nigeria Catholic Network ACI Africa, Jun 20, 2025 / 13:41 pm (CNA). The Catholic bishops in Nigeria’s…

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, chair of the United States’ recently created Religious Liberty Commission, talks with Raymond Arroyo on “The World Over” on June 19, 2025. / Credit: “The World Over with Raymond Arroyo”/Screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 20, 2025 / 14:11 pm (CNA). As the work of the presidential Religious Liberty Commission gets…