Pope Leo XIV on Thursday denounced how investments in artificial intelligence and high-tech weaponry were leading the world into a “spiral of annihilation.”
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Bioethics under bombs: A global health partnership in Ukraine
Rooted in a shared mission for establishing a culture of responsible conduct in research, the partnership between Loyola University Chicago and Ukrainian Catholic University has flourished for over a decade.
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Christians rally to support aid for Palestinians, end arm sales to Israel
“Instead of funding war, our faith calls us to feed the hungry, defend the oppressed, and work for just peace.”
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What America’s editors said about communism and the Berlin Blockade
In 1948, the Soviet Union initiated a blockade of the Western zone of the city of Berlin. ‘America’’s contributors and editors took that conflict very, very seriously.
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Trump’s attacks on Pope Leo shine light on church’s teaching on nuclear weapons
Mr. Trump—and perhaps many American Catholics—may be surprised to discover how far the church has moved in recent years on moral questions related to nuclear weapons.
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Pope Leo prays for end to ‘fratricidal hatred’ as he celebrates anniversary in Pompeii
Pope Leo XIV prayed Friday for political leaders to end the “fratricidal hatred” in the world, as he spent the anniversary of his election in the ancient city of Pompeii commemorating a feast day that is particularly important to him and coincided last year with the start of his pontificate.
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Pope Leo meets with Marco Rubio amid Trump’s personal attacks
The Vatican stated Thursday that during “cordial discussions” this morning between Pope Leo XIV and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio “the common commitment to cultivating good bilateral relations between the Holy See and the United States of America was renewed.”
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The Supreme Court and the Voting Rights Act: Who rules when we give up on laws?
The Voting Rights Act and the War Powers Resolution have both been weakened by the erosion of previously established legal reforms.
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A defense of Pharisees—and a critique of Pete Hegseth
Mr. Hegseth’s remarks invoke an ancient anti-Jewish trope: the caricature of the first-century Pharisees as law-obsessed, murderous enemies of Jesus.
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Cardinal Cupich: What the Gospel demands in times of war
What does it mean, concretely, to be peacemakers?