Vatican & World News

- US Vice-President Vance says the US and Iran are “very close” to a peace deal
- Romanian authorities say that Russia has struck an apartment building in eastern Romania, injuring two
- We speak to the Archbishop of New York about Pope Leo's recent encyclical letter on artificial intelligence

- Pope Leo XIV upholds evangelisation as a witness that attracts others through the call to love and truth
- Cardinal Cupich reflects on the Pope’s just-released encyclical on AI, noting it offers a new lens for the Church’s Social Doctrine
- A landmark agreement between the Holy See and Italy sees concrete action putting the Vatican on the path to becoming the first state in the world to produce 100% clean energy

- A top computer scientist reacts to Pope Leo’s encyclical Magnifica humanitas
- A Silicon Valley parish priest highlights the importance of dialogue between the Church and the tech world
- We look back at the first social doctrine encyclical in the history of the Church