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Pope Leo Blasts Bishop Ordinations as a 'Sin of Extreme Gravity' in His First Big Test as Pontiff

Pope Leo XIV faces a major challenge as the Society of Saint Pius X ordains bishops without Vatican consent, risking excommunication and testing his papacy's focus on unity.

International Business Times UK · Jul 1

Tech Companies Built the Most Powerful AI. Now They're Investigating Whether Their Creations Can Feel.

Some of the tech industry's biggest players are now investing resources into studying whether increasingly sophisticated AI models could one day develop experiences that deserve moral consideration.

International Business Times · Jul 1

Pope Leo openly defied: Traditionalists consecrate 4 bishops without his consent

A breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics directly defied Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday by consecrating four bishops without his consent, dismissing the resulting excommunications and schism by declaring it was a "sacred duty" to defend the Catholic faith.

The Times of India · Jul 1

Carnegie Foundation unveils 2026's 'Great Immigrants, Great Americans' list

The Andrew Carnegie Foundation has announced this year’s “Great Immigrants, Great Americans” honorees, including Citi CEO Jane Fraser and Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Hernan Diaz and Cristina Rivera Garza

The Independent UK · Jun 30

Pope Leo XIV makes first major appointment of a woman to senior Vatican role

Pope Leo XIV appoints Italian nun Sister Alessandra Smerilli to head the Vatican’s migrant office

The Independent UK · Jun 30

Pope Leo XIV to visit European migrant hotspot of Lampedusa on 4 July, Vatican says

Under Pope Leo XIV, the Catholic Church has continued to call for their humane treatment around the world, including decrying mass deportations in his home country, the United States.

Euronews · Jun 30

Pope begs breakaway traditionalist group to back off plan to consecrate its own bishops

Pope Leo XIV is begging a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics to call off its planned consecrations of new bishops without his consent

The Independent UK · Jun 30

Is the Pope’s AI encyclical a warning on Tech Messianism?

In May 2026, in his first encyclical Magnifica Humanitas – signed on the 135th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum – Pope Leo XIV warned the world about the dangers of the promise of Artificial Intelligence (AI), categorically calling machine learning “a form of statistical adaptation based on data…

The Conversation · Jun 29

8 principles from human ecology can help AI work for human well-being

Artificial intelligence is reshaping relationships by providing conversation and companionship, and reshaping how people work. For children, it is making toys interactive and data-driven, and it is mechanizing and perhaps dehumanizing healthcare. The speed and magnitude of these transformations is breathtaking.

The Conversation · Jun 29

Communion by JD Vance review – a strange, poignant book about faith and the modern world

JD Vance’s Christian vision is thoughtful – but impossible to square with the political company he keeps

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29