At Vatican peace concert, Pope Leo XIV tells children music can overcome division

Churches must help protect election integrity and restore faith in democracy

(RNS) — Churches should encourage their members to volunteer as poll workers and watchers for this year’s midterm election.

As the US and China race on AI, the Vatican presses for global safeguards

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Leo is quietly positioning the Vatican as a moral convener in the AI debate and a potential bridge between the rival superpowers.

Oscar Cantú, chair of US bishops' AI task force, urges Trump to look beyond ‘ego’ in AI race

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Bishop Oscar Cantú, chair of the US bishops’ new AI task force, says the Church and White House are 'not in sync' on artificial intelligence, even as concerned technology leaders increasingly seek Catholic help in promoting regulation.

What the Catholic Church can teach Silicon Valley about AI

(RNS) — As ethical and religious leaders at Santa Clara University in the heart of Silicon Valley, we suggest embracing an idea promoted by Pope Francis: synodality. 

Why the closing prayers of Judaism’s holiest holiday focus on repairing relationships with each other

(The Conversation) — A central theme of the High Holidays – and Judaism itself – is that to do right by God, people must first do right by each other.