Can AI be a tool for virtue? Catholics grapple with Anthropic’s claim of virtuous AI
byBy Courtney Mares , OSV News ROME (OSV News) — In a room full of Dominican friars and Catholic philosophy professors, a priest and…
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Pew: Americans ‘more likely’ to disapprove of their own nation’s morals
byBy Gina Christian , OSV News (OSV News) — A new survey by the Pew Research Center shows Americans are “more likely” than those…
Pope Leo XIV names Archbishop Caccia papal ambassador to United States
byBy Courtney Mares , OSV News ROME (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV has named Archbishop Gabriele Caccia as the Vatican’s ambassador to the…
‘Underbelly of the AI industry’: Panel explores data centers’ ecological, economic impacts
byWASHINGTON (OSV News) — If you’re reading this article online, you’re making use of a data center. Same if you send email, stream a…
Pope Leo XIV prays for leaders to ‘abandon projects of death’ in peace prayer video
byROME (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV prayed for world leaders to “abandon projects of death” in a video message released by the Vatican…
Sudanese bishops express distress at the massacre of 178 people in northern South Sudan
byBy Fredrick Nzwili , OSV News (OSV News) — Catholic bishops in Sudan and South Sudan have expressed distress at the brutal killing of…
Drone strike on Iraqi Catholic church complex reopens old wounds
byBy Dale Gavlak , OSV News (OSV News) — The Catholic community in northern Iraq has been shaken by the attack of an explosive…
9 ‘perpetual pilgrims’ to travel patriotic East Coast route in 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage
byBy OSV News , OSV News (OSV News) — Nine young adults have been selected as “perpetual pilgrims” to travel with the Eucharist along…
Church is holy by Christ’s presence, not human perfection, pope says
byBy Josephine Peterson, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) –The Catholic Church is both a community made up of fragile and limited human beings…
Vatican synod study group proposes creation of pontifical commission for new technologies
byBy Courtney Mares , OSV News ROME (OSV News) — A Synod on Synodality study group has recommended the creation of a new “Pontifical…