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              Vatican City

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              Pope Leo XIV attends the presentation of his first encyclical, titled Magnifica Humanitas, focused on the rise of artificial intelligence, at The Vatican. AFP

              Pope says leaders should be 'slowing things down' on AI

              EuropeMay 25, 2026
              King Charles III and Queen Camilla attend a service at the Sistine Chapel with Pope Leo XIV and Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell. PA
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              King Charles joins Pope Leo in historic Sistine Chapel prayer

              UKOctober 23, 2025
              Pope Leo XIV leads a prayer vigil for the Jubilee of Consolation in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, 15 September 2025. EPA / RICCARDO ANTIMIANI
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              Pope praises forgiveness as slain US journalist's mother tells of healing

              MENASeptember 16, 2025
              Pope Leo XIV in the Tor Vergata district of Rome, as part of Jubilee of Youth, on August 3. AFP

              In his first 100 days, Pope Leo has sought to carry forward Pope Francis’s compassion

              CommentAugust 15, 2025
              Pope Leo XIV met members of the Eastern Church during his first full week in charge at the Vatican. EPA

              Bringer of peace: What the Middle East is expecting of Pope Leo

              MENAMay 16, 2025
              Pope Leo XIV recently addressed the topic of AI and stressed the need to protect those most vulnerable to the changes it would cause. AFP

              Pope Leo and AI: pontiff addresses 'another industrial revolution' in meeting with Cardinals

              TechnologyMay 11, 2025
              Pope Leo XIV, the former Cardinal Robert Prevost, is the first pontiff from North America. AFP

              Pope Leo's social media swipes at Trump

              MENAMay 09, 2025
              White smoke signals the election of a new leader of the world's Roman Catholics. AFP

              White smoke at Sistine Chapel signals new pope elected

              EuropeMay 08, 2025
              Pope Francis, right, with Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston, addresses the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors in Vatican City, April 2022. EPA

              The Catholic Church remains divided, but there is hope

              CommentApril 29, 2025
              This photo taken and released on April 26, 2025, by The Vatican Media shows pallbearers carrying the coffin of late Pope Francis at the end of his funeral service, inside Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica, the Pope's final resting place, in Rome. Pope Francis was buried inside his favourite Rome church after a funeral mass in St Peter's Square, the Vatican said on April 26, 2025. (Photo by Handout / VATICAN MEDIA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / VATICAN MEDIA" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

              As it happened: Pope Francis laid to rest in Rome

              EuropeApril 26, 2025
              The coffin of Pope Francis is carried into St Peter's Square for his funeral in the Vatican on Saturday, April 26. AP
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              Pope Francis's funeral begins as world bids final farewell

              EuropeApril 25, 2025
              Editor-in-Chief Mina Al-Oraibi meets Pope Francis in Abu Dhabi. Photo: @AlOraibi / X

              The lasting legacy of Pope Francis in the Middle East

              OpinionApril 21, 2025
              Pope Francis in the Philippines in 2015. Getty Images

              Pope Francis: Modernising leader who sought to right wrongs of church

              ObituariesApril 21, 2025
              Catholics say they cherish Pope Francis's message to build bridges between communities. EPA

              Gulf Christians pay tribute to late Pope Francis

              UAEApril 21, 2025
              Pope Francis appears at a window of a hospital in Rome to greet well-wishers on Sunday, before he was released. AP

              Pope Francis renews call for global peace after leaving hospital

              UAEMarch 23, 2025
              A nun holds a picture of Pope Francis and a rosary as the faithful attend a Rosary prayer for the health of the pontiff at St Peter's Square in Vatican City on Monday. EPA

              Pope Francis suffers new breathing attacks and undergoes two bronchoscopies

              EuropeMarch 04, 2025
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