This distinction clarifies how synthetic media—already treated as a fake-news bogeyman by some—will and won’t shape our ...

Over the weekend, a peculiar image of Pope Francis set the internet alight. Widely circulated on social media, the picture ...

The most significant part of the law, a permanent version of a 2019 measure, may be its impact on the “lay faithful,” who ...

Pope Francis on March 25 made permanent his 2019 experimental law on clergy sex abuse and expanded the law to include lay ...

The Vatican and Pope Francis unveiled a new slate of legislation on Saturday that updates existing rules within the Catholic Church to penalize coverups of sexual abuse and hold perpetrators ...

Pope Francis on Saturday updated a 2019 church law aimed at holding senior churchmen accountable for covering up sexual abuse cases, expanding it to cover lay Catholic leaders and reaffirming that ...

Pope Francis said emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning could be beneficial to society if they respect human dignity.

Some say the Jesuit pope causes confusion because of his unpredictability, but he is actually consistent and predictable when ...

The Vatican has published updated rules for fighting against sexual abuse of minors and vulnerable adults, expanding measures ...

ROME—The Vatican on Saturday published new legislation that extends to lay leaders of Catholic organizations the existing rules for investigating bishops over sex abuse or its coverup.

For insight into how Pope Francis is viewed among those with different faiths, or none, NCR invited the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, an atheist, a Muslim scholar and a rabbi to ...