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Cardinal Dolan, Bishop Barron address Rededicate 250 (CWN)

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop emeritus of New York, and Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, joined civil and other religious leaders in addressing Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving.

May. 18 Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. John I, Pope & Martyr, Opt. Mem.

The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of Pope St. John I (d. 526), who was elected Pope in 523. The Arian King Theodoric sent him as his ambassador to Emperor Justin in Constantinople. On John I's return, he was captured by the king, who was displeased at the outcome of the embassy and cast him into prison at Ravenna where he died a few days later. As pope he was responsible for introducing the Alexandrian computation of the date of Easter; it came to be accepted throughout the West.

Vatican Sets Up Commission on Artificial Intelligence

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The Successful Formula Behind a Fast-Growing French Pilgrimage

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Pope Leo XIV: AI Communication Must Preserve ‘Human Voices and Faces’

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‘Life’ Sculpture Strengthens Parish Culture of Life

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Pope Leo recalls World Communications Day, Laudato Si' Week (CWN)

At the conclusion of today’s Regina Caeli address, Pope Leo XIV recalled World Communications Day and Laudato Si’ Week.

'We too can learn to ascend day by day toward heaven,' Pope tells pilgrims (CWN)

Noting that the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord is celebrated in many nations today, Pope Leo XIV reflected on Christ’s Ascension in his midday Regina Caeli address (video).

Background: World Communications Day (CWN)

Today the Church commemorates the 60th World Day of Social Communications.

May. 17 Solemnity of the Ascension or the Seventh Sunday of Easter, Solemnity

At the end of His earthly life Jesus ascends triumphantly into heaven. The Church acclaims Him in His holy humanity, invited to sit on the Father's right hand and to share His glory. But Christ's Ascension is the pledge of our own. Filled with an immense hope, the Church looks up towards her leader, who precedes her into the heavenly home and takes her with Him in His own person: "for the Son of God, after incorporating in Himself those whom the devil's jealousy had banished from the earthly paradise, ascends again to His Father and takes them with Him" (St. Leo).