VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - As Catholic cardinals meet to choose a new pope, they will face a big question: Is it time, after three consecutive non-Italian pontiffs, to give the papacy back to the nation ...

Pope Leo XIV laid out the vision of his papacy Saturday, identifying artificial intelligence as one of the most critical matters facing humanity and vowing to continue with some of the core priorities ...

When the new pope took the name Leo XIV, it offered the first clue about his vision for his papacy. First, it seems to indicate someone who wants to carry on the legacy his predecessor, Pope Francis.

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV laid out the vision of his papacy Saturday, identifying artificial intelligence as one of the most critical matters facing humanity and vowing to continue with some of the ...