Pope Leo XIV on AI: ‘All of us are concerned for children and young people’ — By: Catholic News Agency

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…

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Archbishop ‘shocked and disappointed’ by House of Commons’ passage of assisted suicide bill — By: Catholic News Agency

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…

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Religious Liberty Commission chair shares outlook after first hearing — By: Catholic News Agency

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…

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Italian government leads participants in Catholic Church’s jubilee this weekend — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Leo greets pilgrims during the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents, and the Elderly on Sunday, June 1, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 20, 2025 / 13:11 pm (CNA). Members of Italy’s local and national governments will be the main participants in events for the Catholic Church’s Jubilee of Government Leaders on…

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Pope Leo XIV names Bishop Anthony Ireland as new archbishop of Hobart in Australia — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishop Anthony Ireland was appointed the new archbishop of Hobart in Tasmania, Australia, on June 20, 2025. / Credit: Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference CNA Newsroom, Jun 20, 2025 / 09:29 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Anthony Ireland, auxiliary bishop of Melbourne, Australia, as the new archbishop of Hobart, marking the second major…

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