Priest Fainted During Vatican Visit and Pope Leo Was the First to Help: ‘Your Holiness, Is That Really You?’

Italian priest Diego Semeraro, 81, was waiting in line to shake the pope's hand when he began to feel faint

The Vatican Picked Anthropic As The AI Industry's Moral Interlocutor. That's The Story.

Magnifica Humanitas is being read as a moral warning. It is also a positioning event for the AI industry — and Anthropic just won the dais.
SFGate

Vatican sending new signals of openness but limitations in outreach to LGBTQ+ Catholics

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is sending new signals about how it intends to minister to LGBTQ+ Catholics in the Pope Leo XIV era, with signs of openness and limitations after Pope Francis ushered in a notable welcome during his 12-year pontificate.

Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Vatican’s role in legitimizing slavery

Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the Holy See’s role in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record a “wound in Christian memory.

How we photographed the Pope greeting devotees in Vatican City

Donation Options Search Search Search Pope Leo XIV greets the crowd awaiting him at his weekly general audience Wednesday in Vatican City. Zubaer Khan/Sun-Times Share This week’s top photo comes from Visual Journalist Zubaer Khan.
Newsday

Vatican workers install Sistine Chapel stove where ballots are burned during conclave to elect pope

VATICAN CITY — Vatican workers installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the conclave to elect a new pope and began taking measures to block any electronic interference with their deliberations, as jockeying ...
America Magazine

Pope Leo’s popularity gives Vatican finances a boost—but old questions remain

Pope Leo XIV says Vatican finances do not keep him up at night. In his first year, rising Vatican bank income and renewed interest from American Catholic donors suggest he may have reason for calm.