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Pope Leo XIV calls death penalty inadmissible after US announces plans to livestream Nidal Hasan's execution: Attack on the dignity of the person

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Pope Leo XIV calls death penalty ‘inadmissible’ after US announces plans to livestream Nidal Hasan's execution (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP) (AFP)

Pope Leo XIV called the death penalty “inadmissible” as he marked the World Day Against the Death Penalty. His statement comes after the US announced plans to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan. Pope Leo XIV calls death penalty ‘inadmissible’ after US announces plans to livestream Nidal Hasan’s execution (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE … Read more

Pope Leo lung surgery: What we know about his health, lung nodule and one-week hospital stay

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Pope Leo XIV to undergo lung surgery and spend a week in hospital recovering. (File Photo/AP)

Pope Leo XIV has announced that he will undergo lung surgery to remove a small lump, known as a lung nodule, that doctors discovered during medical check-ups. The 71-year-old pope made the announcement on Sunday after the traditional Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. Pope Leo XIV to undergo lung surgery and … Read more

Pope Leo lung surgery: What we know about his health, lung nodule and one-week hospital stay

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Pope Leo XIV to undergo lung surgery and spend a week in hospital recovering. (File Photo/AP)

Pope Leo XIV has announced that he will undergo lung surgery to remove a small lump, known as a lung nodule, that doctors discovered during medical check-ups. The 71-year-old pope made the announcement on Sunday after the traditional Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. Pope Leo XIV to undergo lung surgery and … Read more

Pope vs Anthropic: Why ‘AI consciousness’ is dividing Silicon Valley and Vatican

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Pope vs Anthropic: Why 'AI consciousness' is dividing Silicon Valley and Vatican

The dispute points to a much bigger question surrounding the rapid development of AI. A debate over whether artificial intelligence could have something resembling consciousness has put Anthropic, one of the world’s leading AI companies, at odds with the Vatican after Pope Leo XIV rejected the idea that machines could replace or surpass human beings.The … Read more

French clergy abuse survivors praise meeting with Pope Leo XIV, say he listened, was informed

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French clergy abuse survivors praise meeting with Pope Leo XIV, say he listened, was informed

LOURDES, France — French survivors of clergy sexual abuse who met with Pope Leo XIV on Sunday praised the encounter, saying he listened to them, was informed of their cases, and said more work needed to be done to respond to the scandal. French clergy abuse survivors praise meeting with Pope Leo XIV, say he … Read more

In 2025, 11-year-old Touren Pope spotted a fossil exposed on the ground in Wyoming; it turned out to be a nearly complete 48-million-year-old turtle shell, and he was allowed to name it

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In 2025, 11-year-old Touren Pope spotted a fossil exposed on the ground in Wyoming; it turned out to be a nearly complete 48-million-year-old turtle shell, and he was allowed to name it

11-year-old Touren Pope finds 48-million-year-old turtle fossil in WyomingPhoto credit: Craig Thomas, BLM Rock Springs Field Office What began as a routine family rock-hounding trip in southwest Wyoming turned into a paleontological headline when 11-year-old Touren Pope noticed something unusual poking out of the ground. What he’d spotted was the fossilized shell of a softshell … Read more

Pope makes big decision after Trump’s ‘threat’

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On Wednesday, reports emerged of discord between the Trump administration and the Vatican. free press and Letters from Leo Reports say top Pentagon officials summoned ambassador representing U.S.-born Pope Leo XIV At a closed-door meeting in January 2026, they sharply criticized the pope’s annual address. The Vatican reportedly declined a White House invitation for the … Read more

Did Trump threaten Pope Leo XIV? Pentagon official allegedly told Vatican ‘better to side with America’

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Hindustan Times News

Senior Pentagon officials reportedly summoned Pope Leo XIV’s nuncio to a closed-door meeting in January 2026 amid growing tensions with the first American-born pope. Pope Leo XIV addresses the crowd during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican. (AFP) It is reported free press and Letters from LeoUndersecretary of Defense for … Read more

‘The Antichrist will…’: Inside Silicon Valley titan Peter Thiel’s challenge to Pope’s secret Rome speech | World News

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'The Antichrist will...': Inside Silicon Valley titan Peter Thiel's challenge to Pope's secret Rome speech | World News

The location has not been disclosed. The guest list has been sealed. No phones, no recording equipment, no media. Somewhere in Rome this week, Peter Thiel, the PayPal co-founder and Palantir architect who helped put Donald Trump and J.D. Vance in the White House, stood before a handpicked audience of academics, technologists and conservative Catholics … Read more