Children, Artificial Intelligence, and rights for their protection: this is what Pope Leo XIV thinks

Nov 13, 2025 18:29

Pope Leo XIV received participants in a conference on the dignity of children and adolescents and artificial intelligence. Photo: Vatican Media

Dicasteries•Vatican City

Pope Leo XIV creates the position of deputy manager of the Prefecture of the Papal Household for an African Augustinian

At 48, Daleng belongs to a generation of African clergy whose formation has been both local and cosmopolitan — rooted in vibrant Christian communities and refined in the academies of Rome

Nov 11, 2025 18:59

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Marriage and Family

Vatican announces doctrinal document on monogamy: here’s what we know

According to Vatican sources, We Two will seek to reaffirm the enduring truth of Christian marriage as an exclusive and indissoluble covenant. It will explore the theological depth of monogamy, not merely as a social convention, but as a sign that participates in the mystery of Christ’s unbreakable bond with his Church

Nov 10, 2025 09:48

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV•Protection of vulnerable people

This is how Pope Leo XIV’s second meeting with abuse victims went: he even administered the sacrament of the sick to one of them

Some participants handed the Pope a letter calling for the resignation of Archbishop Luc Terlinden of Mechelen-Brussels, accusing him of indifference toward victims. For them, his leadership symbolizes an institutional culture more concerned with damage control than repentance.

Nov 10, 2025 09:37

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Dicasteries•Virgin Mary

Mary Co-redemptrix? This is what the most comprehensive Vatican reflection on Marian terminology since the Second Vatican Council says

The Vatican’s new note is not merely a negative prohibition but an attempt at theological purification—a careful pruning of language to preserve the integrity of devotion

Nov 04, 2025 17:43

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Causes of Saints•Testimonies

Eleven Priests Martyred by Communism and Nazism To Be Beatified Following Authorization by Pope Leo XIV

In an audience granted by Pope Leo XIV on October 24, to Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, the promulgation was authorized of the decrees on the martyrdom of Polish priests between 1941 and 1942 «out of hatred for the faith,» in the Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps, and of Czech diocesan priests murdered between 1951 and 1952.

Nov 01, 2025 12:03

Rafael Llanes

Leo XIV, Putin’s rejection of the Christmas truce, and disappointment with the Democratic governor of Illinois

Speaking on the evening of December 23, Leo XIV returned repeatedly to a single theme that framed his reflections: the meaning of life, human dignity, and the possibility of peace—even if only for a day.

Germans trust Leo XIV more than Islam: new survey results released

Data released from a representative Forsa poll indicate that 28 percent of Germans now say they place high or very high trust in the Pope

Children, Artificial Intelligence, and rights for their protection: this is what Pope Leo XIV thinks

Between acceptance and rejection: Vatican approves new statutes for Communion and Liberation

Mystical Phenomena and Holiness Explained by Pope Leo XIV

Vatican ends decades of speculation: alleged apparitions of Jesus in Dozulé declared “not of supernatural origin”

German bishops hold meeting with representatives of the Pope to discuss the “Synodal Conference” and other ideological issues

Pope Leo XIV opens the Vatican to Hollywood with an audience attended by these actors and actresses

“Serious and false”: the response of the Diocese of Cádiz to accusations of abuse against its bishop

Pope Leo XIV creates the position of deputy manager of the Prefecture of the Papal Household for an African Augustinian

Vatican announces doctrinal document on monogamy: here’s what we know

This is how Pope Leo XIV’s second meeting with abuse victims went: he even administered the sacrament of the sick to one of them

Mary Co-redemptrix? This is what the most comprehensive Vatican reflection on Marian terminology since the Second Vatican Council says

Eleven Priests Martyred by Communism and Nazism To Be Beatified Following Authorization by Pope Leo XIV