In an interview with Vatican News, Cardinal Cupich says Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, “Magnifica humanitas” recognizes that “new technology has the potential to overtake our capacity to control it, and the pope is giving us a wake-up call to seize this moment with urgency.”
Cardinal Cupich ordained 13 permanent deacons for the Archdiocese of Chicago and one for the Diocese of Joliet May 16 at Holy Name Cathedral.
Auxiliary Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado blesses mothers and those expecting children during Mother’s Day Mass at Immaculate Conception/Five Holy Martyrs Parish, 4327 S. Richmond St., on May 10, 2026. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Pope Leo on May 18 met with members of the Board of Governors of Catholic Extension Society and their families. Addressing them in the Vatican ahead of the Solemnity of Pentecost, the pope said he hoped their pilgrimage would deepen their prayer and strengthen their communion with the successor of Peter and the universal church.
One year after stepping onto the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica and greeting the world with the words, “May peace be with you all,” Pope Leo XIV has emerged as a pontiff attempting to guide a polarized church and fractured world through dialogue, peace and increasingly forceful speech defending human dignity.
Priests serving in the Archdiocese of Chicago will gather for their biennial convocation from June 15-18. This gathering is an important and necessary time of spiritual renewal for the priests, so that they can better serve the people of God.
Pope Leo XIV has appealed for peace in the world throughout his pontificate. His appeals have been accompanied with consistent calls for prayer.
Meeting with participants in a Vatican conference on artificial intelligence, Pope Leo XIV encourages efforts to educate people about AI while leading them to Christ and a “restored trust in technology.”
Pope Leo XIV approved the creation of an Interdicasterial Commission on Artificial Intelligence in a rescript dated May 12, released on May 16, and signed by Cardinal Michael Czerny, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.
The Diocese of Springfield announced plans on April 29 to convert the former St. Boniface Church in Quincy into a shrine to Venerable Augustus Tolton, the first recognized native-born Black priest ordained for the United States.
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical letter "Magnifica humanitas," on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence, will be released on May 25, 2026.
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