Every Christian, but especially seminarians, should set aside their screens regularly and spend time with a book of literature or poetry, Pope Francis said.
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Interview: Gerard O’Connell on his friendship with Pope Francis and reporting from the Vatican
Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell describes his journalistic ministry in the city at the heart of the Catholic faith.
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In surprise move, Pope Francis appoints Rhode Island bishop to head Boston archdiocese
Pope Francis has named Richard Garth Henning, 59, current bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, as the seventh Archbishop of Boston, the Vatican announced on Aug. 5.
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Pope Francis says ‘targeted killings’ not a solution in Middle East
The pope’s appeal came after the assassinations of Hamas political leader and peace negotiator Ismael Haniyeh in Tehran and Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut earlier in the week.
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Vatican denounces Paris Olympics ‘Last Supper’ parody, eight days after ceremony
In a brief statement, the Vatican said, “it cannot but join its voice with the others that have been raised in these last days to deplore the offense made to numerous Christians and believers of other religions.”
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Report: The long, strange journey of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò
Colleen Dulle reports on Archbishop Vigano’s trajectory from Vatican civil servant to excommunicant.
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Pope Francis makes ‘reparation’ by moving Argentina’s primatial see from Buenos Aires to a provincial city
Pope Francis has designated the provincial city of Santiago del Estero as Argentina’s primatial see in a move described by Catholic leaders as a historic “reparation” and a reflection of his preference for putting the peripheries at the center of church attention.
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Ukraine and the troubling future of A.I. warfare
Reports are already surfacing of drones launched into Russia that are relying on artificial, not human, intelligence in decisions to evade defensive countermeasures, pick targets and finally conclude a strike.
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Why Cardinal Tolentino wants every priest to go to the movies
In an interview with America’s Gerard O’Connell, Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça discusses his love for cinema and poetry, what it’s like working in the Roman Curia and Pope Francis’ “Gospel simplicity.”
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Prominent Americans—Catholic and not—ask Pope Francis not to further restrict the Latin Mass
A group of American “Catholics and non-Catholics” and prominent cultural and intellectual personalities asked Pope Francis in an open letter July 15 not to further restrict the traditional Latin Mass.