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Pope Leo Calls Peru His 'Homeland' as 3 Million Line Lima Route
The Chicago-born pontiff, a Peruvian citizen since 2015, began the emotional final leg of his South America tour with a singalong of the national anthem.
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27 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: November 12, 2026.
WorldPope Leo Starts 12-Day South America Trip Weeks After Lung Cancer Surgery
The pontiff's longest journey yet began in secular Uruguay, with stops ahead in Argentina and his adopted home of Peru.
WorldPope Leo XIV Casts a Mail-In Ballot in the U.S. Midterms, the First Pope to Vote in an American Election
The Holy See Press Office confirmed that the Chicago-born pontiff voted by mail in Illinois, as he has whenever eligible. He requested the ballot Oct. 3, days before lung surgery.
WatchWorldPope Leo XIV Leaves Rome Hospital Four Days After Lung Cancer Surgery
The 71-year-old pontiff waved to a cheering crowd outside Gemelli Hospital and will lead the Angelus prayer from his apartment window Sunday. His surgeon says nothing medical rules out a November trip to South America.
WatchWorldPope Leo XIV Resumes Papal Work Days After Lung Surgery Confirmed Cancer Diagnosis
The Vatican says the pope celebrated Mass and met a senior aide on Thursday, but has not disclosed the stage of the cancer or whether further treatment is planned.
WorldPope Leo XIV Will Undergo Surgery This Week to Remove a Lung Nodule Found at 'Very Early Stage'
The pope announced the operation from St. Peter's Square on Sunday. The Vatican expects about a week of recovery, with a trip to South America set for early November.
WatchWorldPope Leo Opens First Papal State Visit to France in 18 Years, Warning of a 'Paradise of Machines'
Speaking at the Élysée Palace and UNESCO, the American pope called nuclear deterrence "mistaken" and urged AI developers and regulators to slow down as more than a million people prepared to see him.
WorldVatican Excommunicates Breakaway Bishops, Declaring the Society of St. Pius X in Schism
After the traditionalist society consecrated four new bishops in Switzerland against Pope Leo XIV's wishes, Rome ruled the ordaining bishops automatically excommunicated and warned that its priests and faithful now risk the same.
WorldPope Leo XIV Uses America's 250th Birthday to Press the U.S. to Welcome Immigrants, Then Flies to Lampedusa
Accepting the Liberty Medal virtually from the Vatican, the first American pope invoked the Declaration of Independence before visiting the Mediterranean island at the heart of Europe's migration crisis.
WorldVatican Excommunicates Six Bishops as Society of St. Pius X Defies Pope Leo
Days after Pope Leo XIV pleaded with the traditionalist group to 'please turn back,' the SSPX ordained four bishops without papal approval — triggering automatic excommunication and a formal declaration of schism.
WorldPope Leo XIV Blesses Towering Spire of Sagrada Familia, Now the World's Tallest Church
On the centenary of Antoni Gaudi's death, the pope celebrated Mass at the Barcelona basilica and consecrated its newly completed Tower of Jesus Christ, crowned by a five-story ceramic cross.
WorldPope Leo XIV Becomes the First Pontiff Ever to Address Spain's Parliament, Warning the World Has Sunk Into a 'Profound Crisis'
In an unprecedented speech to the Congress of Deputies in Madrid, the American-born pope demanded respect for migrants and the unborn and drew a standing ovation lasting nearly seven minutes.
WorldPope Leo XIV Draws 1.2 Million to Corpus Christi Mass in Madrid on First Papal Visit to Spain Since 2011
The first American pope warned Spaniards that their centuries-old faith must not become 'a museum of the past' as he opened a weeklong journey that will include a historic address to Parliament.
TechPope Leo Cites Gandalf in Warning That AI Must Be 'Disarmed'
The pontiff draws on fantasy literature to illustrate the dangers of artificial intelligence and calls for global cooperation to control the technology.
Top NewsPope Leo XIV Issues Historic 42,300-Word Encyclical Warning of AI's Threat to Human Dignity
The first American pontiff calls for putting care for humans at the heart of technological change in sweeping document addressing artificial intelligence risks.
Top NewsPope Leo Warns AI 'Turns Every Router Into Surveillance Tool' in Sweeping 42,300-Word Encyclical
The American pontiff's massive document marks the Vatican's most powerful intervention yet in debates over artificial intelligence misuse and overuse.
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Pope Leo XIV Issues Massive 42,300-Word Encyclical Warning Against Artificial Intelligence Threats
The pontiff's comprehensive document marks the Catholic Church's most significant entry into the AI debate, addressing potential misuse and overuse of the technology.
WorldPope Leo XIV Signs First Encyclical, 'Magnifica Humanitas,' Confronting AI as Defining Moral Crisis
Catholic Church's most consequential statement on technology in a century echoes 1891's 'Rerum Novarum' and calls for binding AI rules, mandatory labeling and protections for displaced workers.
WorldPope Leo XIV Marks First Anniversary With Pilgrimage to Pompeii and Naples
The first American pope places his second year under Mary's protection and renews the call for peace that has dominated his pontificate, citing the new Russia-Ukraine ceasefire.
PoliticsRubio Meets Pope Leo Amid Growing Tensions Between Trump and Vatican
The Vatican meeting follows President Trump's public condemnation of Pope Leo XIV for opposing the war in Iran.
WorldTrump vs. Pope Leo XIV: A Feud That Has Shocked the Catholic World
The first American Pope condemned Trump's Iran war while Trump posted an AI image of himself as Jesus Christ. The global backlash crossed party lines and continents.
PoliticsTrump Calls Pope Leo XIV 'Weak' and 'Terrible' as Feud Over Iran War Escalates
The president posted imagery Catholic clergy called 'blasphemous' depicting himself as a healing Christ figure — 46 minutes after attacking the Chicago-born pontiff who vowed 'no fear' of the administration.
WorldPope Leo XIV Leads Massive Peace Vigil at Vatican: 'Enough of War!'
With U.S.-Iran peace talks collapsed and the Strait of Hormuz still mined, the pontiff called on world leaders from St. Peter's Basilica to choose dialogue over rearmament.
WorldPope Leo XIV, First American Pope, Calls Trump's Iran Threat 'Truly Unacceptable'
Speaking outside Castel Gandolfo hours before the ceasefire, the pontiff said threatening to destroy an entire civilization crosses a moral line that international law alone cannot capture.
WorldPope Francis Calls for Global Peace as Easter Message Warns Against Violence
Pontiff's Easter remarks follow Palm Sunday homily declaring that God rejects the prayers of "those who wage war" amid ongoing global conflicts.
Top NewsDefense Secretary Hegseth Declares U.S. Troops Fighting for Jesus, Drawing Sharp Rebuke from Pope
Pope Leo XIV condemns military's Christian war rhetoric as "entirely foreign to the way of Jesus Christ" amid escalating Iran conflict.
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Pope Leo XIV Leads Palm Sunday Mass Before Tens of Thousands, Condemns Using God to Justify War
In his first Palm Sunday as pope, Leo XIV rejected claims that God justifies armed conflict and offered special prayers for Christians in the Middle East, as his address carried extraordinary weight amid the US-Israel-Iran war entering its fifth week.
