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Dicasteries•Pope Leo XIV•Protection of vulnerable people

Pope Leo XIV personally ordered his Dicastery for Communication to stop using works by the former Jesuit Rupnik, according to the bishop of Lourdes

The Vatican quietly removed the images in June, a decision that initially came without an official explanation. Micas’s account now provides an explanation for that change and portrays Leo as having taken a deliberate position on an issue that had become increasingly difficult for the Church to treat simply as a question of artistic preference

Controversies

Appointment of an Alleged Freemason to the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences Sparks Controversy

The Holy See announced on August 13 that Leo XIV had appointed Longo, director of the Italian Historical Institute for the Middle Ages and a professor of medieval history at Sapienza University of Rome, alongside Francesco Cesareo, emeritus president of Assumption University in Worcester, Massachusetts, and Anna Barańska, an associate professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin.

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The Vatican Will Issue Guidelines for the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence in All Its Offices

The Commission’s work will develop gradually. Among its first priorities are compiling a comprehensive inventory of AI-related initiatives already underway within the Holy See, gathering information on the principal concerns identified by individual Vatican institutions, and drafting guidelines for the responsible use of artificial intelligence throughout Vatican offices