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A sign in Las Cruces, New Mexico. (Credit: Chancey Bush/The Albuquerque Journal via AP.)

Trump administration sues Catholic diocese to seize land near El Paso for border barrier

May 16
Uriel J. Garcia/ The Texas Tribune

From left, Elisabetta Magnanti and Mark Faulkner from Dublin's Trinity College and Valentina Longo of Rome's National Central Library look at a manuscript containing a rare, long-lost copy of Caedmon's Hymn, the first poem ever to be written down in Old English, at Rome's National Library, Thursday, May 8, 2026. (Credit: Andrea Rosa/AP.)

Researchers stunned by a forgotten medieval Catholic book in Rome hiding the oldest English poem

May 18
Andrea Rosa

Dorothea and Billy Ohlandt, from North Carolina, arrive at Rededicate 250, a mostly conservative Christian prayer gathering in honor of the United States' 250th anniversary, on the National Mall, Sunday, May 17, 2026, in Washington. (Credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP.)

Thousands flocked to the National Mall in Washington for an America-themed prayer rally

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Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims and tourists gathered in St. Peter's Square to pray the Regina Caeli on Sunday, 10 May 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Leo XIV at Regina Caeli: Putting humanity first in the AI age

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Christopher R. Altieri

A human on the starliner in Wall-E. (Credit: Pixar.)

In the AI revolution, Leo XIV wants a third way between Terminator and Wall-E

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Charles Collins

Archbishop Gregory Aymond, of New Orleans, listens during a news conference at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ annual fall meeting in Baltimore, Nov. 12, 2013. (Credit: Patrick Semansky/AP.)

New Orleans kept accused priest in pulpit despite complaints: misconduct ‘involved adults’, archdiocese admits

May 16
Christopher R. Altieri

Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

The Vatican has said a lot about artificial intelligence. A primer ahead of the pope’s encyclical

May 16
Nicole Winfield

A human on the starliner in Wall-E. (Credit: Pixar.)

In the AI revolution, Leo XIV wants a third way between Terminator and Wall-E

May 17
Charles Collins

A sign in Las Cruces, New Mexico. (Credit: Chancey Bush/The Albuquerque Journal via AP.)

Trump administration sues Catholic diocese to seize land near El Paso for border barrier

May 16
Uriel J. Garcia/ The Texas Tribune