Rerum Novarum

This is not a future problem. This is a now problem. Time to get to work.

Pope Leo XIV’s widely anticipated encyclical on artificial intelligence is here, and it offers a clear path forward to one of the most pressing challenges of our age.

Pope Leo opens the first encyclical of his pontificate by saying that humanity today faces a pivotal choice — “either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build …

Pope Leo XIV approved the creation of an Interdicasterial Commission on Artificial Intelligence in a rescript released May 16.

In essence, “Rerum Novarum” calls everyone to honor the God-given dignity of each human person, rich and poor alike.

Leo’s papacy, of nine months gestation, has revealed itself slowly — full of hope but also hidden, as though the first pope from the United States meant to show himself …

Although almost 135 years have passed since Pope Leo XIII wrote his encyclical on the economy and labor, Pope Leo XIV said, “The dignity of workers continues, all too often, …

Pope Leo XIV speaks to the church and the world during his first homily given in a public setting.

Pope Francis’ repeated insistence the worldwide economic system can literally be fatal to poor or marginalized people remains provocative to some and inspiring to others.