Being around other people, as opposed to the isolation inherent in AI encounters, seems to be appealing given the upheaval in the world. Leo's message seems to be reaching Catholics and non-Catholics ...

As relations between Canada and the U.S. fray due to the U.S. trade war, Bishop Pierre Goudreault, president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, says he hopes the two nations can reconcile...

The church "is not always the exemplary employer" regarding workers' rights and Catholic doctrine, Aimee Shelide Mayer writes. "The U.S. bishops' 1986 pastoral letter, 'Economic Justice for All,' name...

"There is widespread concern that artificial intelligence (AI) will lead to higher unemployment and to fewer jobs that can support a family," Archbishop Shelton Fabre said in a statement for Labor Day...

Dolly Parton's Christianity was radically inclusive, full of love and never took itself too seriously. Michael O'Loughlin looks back on the life and legacy of an American icon.

The organization plans to invest in staff and technology, O'Loughlin said, as it explores new formats and ways of reaching readers.

As U.S. immigration policies empty shelters and cut aid along the California-Mexico border, Catholic sisters remain among the few groups supporting migrants stranded with dwindling options.

The news vacuum created during Leo's absence gave conservative voices abundant material to shape the summer's Catholic news cycle.

Br. Michael Perry was elected on July 15 to lead the largest province of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor in the United States.

Earlier this month, the Vatican declared SSPX priests to be schismatic and warned the faithful to stop attending their Masses. Some parishioners at St. Catherine of Siena expressed defiance, and the c...

San Jose Bishop Oscar Cantú told NCR that local church officials have been having conversations with those in the tech industry who are developing the AI tools that have the potential to reshape the g...

A new award created by Villanova University, named after its most famous — and only papal — alumnus, will recognize extraordinary efforts in caring for the Earth and the common good.

Despite the controversy surrounding synodality, the pope's ministerial record shows that the principles of a participatory church are deeply embedded in his pastor's DNA.

"Magnifica Humanitas is ultimately asking for one very simple, yet very difficult result: conversion. And Leo is not directing his message only to tech giants, think tanks or legislatures. He wants co...

U.S. bishops are gathering in Orlando for their annual spring meeting. The agenda has interesting items on it, but a major point of interest will be three speeches at the meeting, writes Michael Sean ...

"The temptation to gain popularity by fanning the flames of polarization seems to have grown rather than diminished, and human dignity continues to be violated," the pontiff said.

A typical AI data center uses the same amount of power as 100,000 houses, according to the International Energy Agency.

A Senate race in Texas features a Presbyterian seminarian who speaks in religious terms to bolster progressive politics, and a scandal-plagued state attorney general who has targeted nonprofits that s...

Alvarado was named the dicastery's prefect on June 2 in a surprising move given the U.S.-based TV network's previous public flare-ups with Pope Francis. She will begin in the role Nov. 1.

The former first lady talks about her husband’s health, losing the East Wing and Nancy Pelosi.

In Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo said, "Technology has the power to heal, connect, educate and protect our common home; but it can also divide, exclude and generate new forms of injustice."

With stops in Madrid, Barcelona and the Canary Islands, Leo's June 6-12 visit will bring the pope to a polarized democracy, a deadly migration route and one of Catholicism's most iconic landmarks.

Fr. Art Pucaro discusses how Catholic social teaching and communal living inform Augustinian spirituality.

By confronting the church's failures, Magnifica Humanitas can be read as an "enactment of concrete solidarity," philosopher Sally Scholz writes.

"I think he wants the church to purify itself to be able to be an effective counter-witness to the negative dynamics you see in the world," one leader told NCR.

In Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo shares several practical ideas for ordinary Catholics concerned about the future of humanity in light of rapid changes related to artificial intelligence.

In Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo shares several practical ideas for ordinary Catholics concerned about the future of humanity in light of rapid changes related to artificial intelligence.

In Magnifica Humanitas, the pope says just war theory is "outdated," condemns lethal AI weapons and asks pardon for the church's delayed condemnation of slavery.

Catholic labor historians see parallels between Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV's upcoming encyclical on protecting the human person in the age of AI, and his 19th century predecessor's landmark enc...

Anthropic "has really staked their position as the ethical AI company, saying no to the U.S. government when it comes to lethal autonomous weapon systems … and against mass surveillance of Americans,"...

The event was another step by religious and political extremists intent on destroying the wall that separates church and state as well as the constitutional guarantees of freedom of – and from — relig...

"These instances," writes NCR's Carol Zimmermann, offer "a view of what so many people are also looking for — a small connection with a church leader, a sign that he is a real person who happens to be...

"This being the 250th anniversary of the United States of America, I would invite you to recall in a special way the guiding principles of the foundations of our nation," said Leo, in a message to gra...

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In an NCR interview, Archbishop Ronald Hicks spoke about his similarities with Pope Leo XIV; internal polarization in the archdiocese; the proposed $800 million abuse settlement; and how he starts wit...

With about 1.9 million online visits in March, the National Catholic Reporter placed seventh among nonprofit news sites per rankings maintained by Nieman Lab, part of the Nieman Foundation for Journal...

Leo believes the AI revolution poses the same existential questions that the Industrial Revolution posed over a century ago.

The U.S. officials who will speak "are political lieutenants of an administration that has waged war on immigrants, gutted Catholic Charities contracts, and treated the Holy Father as an adversary," s...

The Vatican warned that members of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X will incur excommunication if the group follows through with its threat to ordain new bishops without the approval of Rome.

A recently passed bill decriminalizing suicide in Virginia has been championed by many as overdue relief for families of those who have died by suicide, but it also raises questions from a Catholic et...

"Naming something after an exemplary person has power, has meaning, because naming something is not about just honoring the legacy. It's about inviting others to be inspired by what they did," said Ke...

With decades of experience protesting war and nuclear weapons, Catholic sisters in peace activism said they see an ally in Pope Leo XIV, just a year into his papacy.

Catholics had become conditioned to believe the conventional wisdom that an American would never be elected pope, writes Michael J. O'Loughlin. Nearly a year after his election, what does it mean to h...

"The church does not canonize based on what seems likely or inspiring," writes Fr. Augustine Judd. "She proceeds with great care, relying on what can be clearly established and demonstrated with moral...

Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch, a conservative Catholic, is trying to install two large bronze statues of Catholic saints on the edifice of the city's new public safety headquarters.

In his first year, Pope Leo XIV has sought to turn unity into the foundation for the church's advocacy on issues of peace and justice.

Despite the vindictive language Trump has directed at the pope both online and in person in recent weeks, Rubio's meeting with Leo appeared amicable.

The notion of the leader of the Catholic Church playing a word game, lingering at a parishioner's kitchen table, or going to a ballgame does make him seem more human. And this ordinariness can be a mo...

When white smoke billowed out of the Sistine Chapel last May, NCR's former Vatican correspondent Christopher White was there. White thought it would be Robert Prevost: "His election may have been a su...