Friar Paolo Benanti is the Vatican’s go-to person on A.I. technology, and he has the ear of Pope Francis as well as some of Silicon Valley’s top engineers and executives.
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Italy approves extradition of 85-year-old priest charged with murder and torture during Argentina dictatorship
Justice Minister Carlo Nordio on Wednesday signed off on the request to extradite the Rev. Franco Reverberi, an 85-year-old priest who served as military chaplain during Argentina’s 1976-1983 military dictatorship.
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Pope Francis washes the feet of young prisoners in Holy Thursday rite, telling them: ‘Any of us’ can fall into sin.
In a Holy Thursday ritual symbolizing humility, Pope Francis washed and dried the feet of a dozen residents of a Rome juvenile prison, assuring them of their dignity and telling them “any of us” can fall into sin.
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Nicaragua proposes cutting Vatican ties after Pope Francis compared Ortega regime to Hitler
Nicaragua’s government has proposed suspending relations with the Vatican days after Pope Francis reportedly compared President Daniel Ortega’s administration to a communist or Nazi dictatorship amid a crackdown on the Catholic Church.
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Pope Francis voices ‘worry and sorrow’ over bishop’s detention in Nicaragua
At his Sunday noon remarks, Pope Francis described his worry and sorrow for events in Nicaragua. Police have detained several Catholic clergy in the country.
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Pope Francis washes the feet of 12 Italian prisoners for Holy Thursday
Pope Francis traveled to a prison near Rome to wash the feet of a dozen inmates, a Holy Thursday ritual that symbolizes humility and attention to those on society’s margins.
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Pope Francis agrees to Canada trip to help reconciliation efforts with Indigenous peoples
Pope Francis has agreed to visit Canada in the wake of shocking revelations of the Catholic Church’s role in the abuse and deaths of thousands of native children.
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The man who paved the way for the European Union is one step closer to sainthood
The Vatican said Pope Francis on Saturday approved a decree declaring the “heroic virtues” of Schuman, a former prime minister, finance minister and foreign minister for France after World War II.
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Vatican: Catholics can get Covid-19 vaccines that used abortion cells
The Vatican on Monday declared that it is “morally acceptable” for Roman Catholics to receive COVID-19 vaccines based on research that used fetal tissue from abortions.
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Vatican and W.C.C. urge Christians to respond to ‘sins’ laid bare by Coronavirus
Christians must “own up to our own complicity and guilt in many systems of oppression” and resist the “temptation” to blame the poor for their poverty.