Venice has always been a place of contrasts, of breathtaking beauty and devastating fragility, where history, religion, art and nature have collided over the centuries to produce an otherworldly gem of a city.

It will be the 87-year-old pope's first visit to the lagoon city since his 2013 election and he will also be the first pontiff to visit the Venice Biennale -- a prestigious art show with exhibitions sponsored by numerous nations in myriad spaces.

Pope Francis will attend the upcoming G7 conference in Italy, a session dedicated to artificial intelligence, where he will speak about the importance of ethics in the burgeoning world of AI, the Vatican says.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has announced that Pope Francis will attend the G7 Summit in June and will participate in the session on artificial intelligence.

Pope Francis will attend this year's Group of Seven (G7) leaders' summit to discuss the challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence (AI), Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday. The meeting that draws together the leaders of the United States,