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Magnifica Humanitas: Professor Lushombo shares insights on AI and social justice in Africa

Professor Léocadie Wabo Lushombo, a Congolese theologian based at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University in Berkeley, United States, has emphasised that the civilization of love highlighted by Pope Leo XIV in his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanita, invites active participation and discussion grounded in love, with the goal of reducing inequalities in society.

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Pope Leo: Shared humanity is antidote to war and polarization

Meeting with the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation, Pope Leo XIV highlights the importance of the Church’s Social Doctrine in a divided world, saying freedom must be lived as self-giving and dialogue grounded in truth.

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Pope: Education should help young people find themselves and others

Pope Leo XIV tells participants in a Vatican conference on mental health, education, and digital technology that young people need help rediscovering silence, relationships, and openness to transcendence.

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Lord's Day Reflection: 'The Light we resist, the Love we seek’

As the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, Fr. Marion Nguyen, OSB, offers his thoughts on the day’s liturgical readings under the theme: “The Light we resist, the Love we seek”.

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Washington Nationals official fired after video that implied discrimination against Catholic pitcher

Team spokesman Sean Hudson had been caught on video apparently admitting to the team's blacklisting of Catholic pitcher Trevor Williams.

Messenger Media, Diocese of Covington - 5/28 through 6/3

"Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together." "Magnifica Humanitas," Pope Leo XIV's first...

Pope to transform ‘pier of shame’ in Gran Canaria Island into hope for immigrants

The pope's visit to Gran Canaria Island, the site of thousands of migrants arriving from Africa by sea, will serve to highlight the plight of migrants and the Christian duty to help them.

Nicaraguan advocate laments ‘silence’ about Catholic persecution

“Everything has to be vetted by the government, especially what priests are going to preach on Sunday," said Rosalia Gutierrez-Huete Miller in a panel discussion on human rights in Nicaragua.

Report: How abortion drug sellers are violating federal rules designed to protect women

New report by the Charlotte Lozier Institute finds that most abortion drug sellers do not comply with safety limits that protect women from dangerous side effects.

Spain's president congratulates Pope Leo XIV on Magnifica Humanitas

Pope Leo receives praise from Spain’s chief executive, Catholic and Coptic dialogue resumes, a Catholic agency in South Sudan issues an Ebola alert, and more in this week’s roundup of world news.