ROME — Pope Francis said emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning could be beneficial to society as long as they respect human dignity. “The fundamental value that we must recognize and promote is that of the dignity of the human person,” the pope...
Six people, including three children, lost their lives Monday following a shooting by an ex-student at a school in the US city of Nashville, Tennessee. The incident took place in the Covenant School in the Green Hills neighbourhood, a private Presbyterian school that educates students in...
Astronomers from the Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) and the Vatican Observatory (VO) teamed up to spectroscopically survey more than 1000 bright stars which are suspected to host their own exoplanets. According to a Vatican Observatory statement, the team — which includes VO astronomers Fr. Paul...
“The first word that comes to me is that it seems like yesterday...
There are three key elements of the Lenten journey that begins each year with Ash Wednesday: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Fasting, in particular, should not be understood only in its formal dimension. It has real significance, as Pope Francis repeatedly reminds us, if one follows...
Moderating Saturday’s proceedings for the Asian Continental Assembly on Syndality were Archbishop Anil Joseph Thomas Couto of Delhi, India; Dr Christina Kheng, a member of the Commission on Methodology; and Momoko Nishimura, a member of the Discernment and Drafting Group. The orientation for the day’s work...
ROME – While news agencies and Catholic social media denizens these days gorge themselves on the Vatican’s mounting “Battle of the Books,” seeing who can craft the most sensational headlines or tweets about several controversial new volumes making the rounds, other outfits are, thankfully, still...
The head of the Vatican’s liturgy office said Tuesday that dispensations from two of the rules in Traditionis custodes can only be granted by the Vatican, not by the diocesan bishop. The Feb. 21 rescript (a form of official clarification in response to a question or...
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the offices of prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, presented, upon reaching the age limit, by His Eminence Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., and has called Bishop Robert Francis...
An International Conference organised by the Dicastery for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue is due to take place from 25 to 27 January. The Dicastery released a statement on Tuesday to present the conference entitled: "Women Building a Culture of Encounter Interreligiously". The event was organised in collaboration with...