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Brussels Bans AI ‘Nudifier’ Apps Days Before Pope Leo’s AI Encyclical

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Pope Leo XIV: Nations Must Put Common Good Ahead of Particular Interests

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DR Congo Diocese Issues Ebola Prevention Measures After Health Emergency Declaration

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Lay movement leaders gather at Vatican for conference on governance (Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life)

The leaders of international associations of the faithful, ecclesial movements, and new communities are gathering in Rome today and tomorrow for an annual meeting organized by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life.

The theme of the conference is “Serving, Accompanying, Guiding: Foundations and Practices of Government in Associations.” The conference includes an address by Pope Leo XIV, remarks by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, and Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica.

HHS restructures civil rights office to focus on religious liberty, conscience protection (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a reorganization of its Office of Civil Rights, with a greater focus on religious freedom and conscience protection.

“This reorganization restores the HHS Civil Rights Division and the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division and strengthens the Office for Civil Rights’ ability to defend religious liberty, enforce conscience protections, and combat unlawful discrimination,” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., said on May 18.

Pontiff visits Vatican Observatory (Vatican News)

Pope Leo XIV visited the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo on May 19.

“After a brief moment of prayer in the chapel of the facility, the Pope met and greeted the religious, scientific, and lay staff,” Vatican News, the news agency of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, reported.

Last June, Pope Leo addressed participants in the Observatory’s Summer School of Astrophysics.

Pope Leo's private secretary discusses Pontiff's life of prayer (ACI Prensa )

In an interview released by the Order of Saint Augustine, Pope Leo XIV’s private secretary discussed the Pontiff’s life of prayer.

“From the very start of the day, he has his fixed times for prayer, including holy Mass and the recitation of the Liturgy of the Hours; we also pray the Rosary,” said Father Edgard Rimaycuna, who described Pope Leo as “a man who seeks to build bridges, seeks dialogue, and always avoids confrontation.”

Throughout the day, the Pontiff “seeks contact with God through silence and through prayer before the Blessed Sacrament in the chapel,” the Peruvian priest added.

Pope Leo recalls St. John Paul's encyclical on Holy Spirit, greets sports ethics movement (CWN)

At the conclusion of his May 20 general audience, Pope Leo XIV paid tribute to Dominum et Vivificantem (Lord and Giver of Life), Pope St. John Paul II’s encyclical letter on the Holy Spirit.