
Vatican struggles against spread of ‘deepfake’ images of Pope Leo XIV
AI-generated photographs of Pope Leo XIV appearing to fall down a flight of stairs outside St. Peter’s Basilica circulated the internet in June. / Credit:

AI-generated photographs of Pope Leo XIV appearing to fall down a flight of stairs outside St. Peter’s Basilica circulated the internet in June. / Credit:

Taiwanese Catholic artist Hsieh Sheng-Min drew inspiration from traditional Chinese woodblock printing to create this depiction of the Sermon on the Mount, which includes a

A 13th-century fresco of St. Francis of Assisi by the Florentine painter Cimabue, one of the earliest depictions of the saint, is located in the

Members of the International Association of Exorcists gather for their 15th international gathering in Rome from Sept. 15–20, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the

Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for his weekly General Audience, September 24, 2025. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Sep 24,

Taiwanese Catholic artist Hsieh Sheng-Min drew inspiration from traditional Chinese woodblock printing to create this depiction of the Sermon on the Mount, which includes a

Thousands of demonstrators joined the March for Life on Cologne, Germany, on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2025. / Credit: EWTN Germany CNA Newsroom, Sep 23, 2025

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu in 2019. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN National Catholic Register, Sep 22, 2025 / 17:51 pm (CNA). The appeal hearing for Cardinal

In Pope Leo XIV’s first sit-down interview, published in Spanish on Sept. 18, 2025, the pope warned of the loss of humanity in the digital

Pope Leo XIV meets with representatives of several women’s religious orders in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on Sept. 22, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican

Pope Leo XIV waves to those gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray the Angelus and listen to his Sunday message on Sept. 21, 2025.

Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr., shares his perspective on how a legal system can provide for mercy during a conversation with Msgr. Laurence Spiteri (left)

Then-Archbishop Van Thuan meets St. Teresa of Calcutta during her first visit to Vietnam as mother superior of the Missionaries in Charity in 1991. /

Pope Leo XIV addresses thousands of Church and civil lawyers, judges, and others who work in the legal environment during the Jubilee of Workers of

“Nuns vs. The Vatican” includes the detailed stories of Gloria Branciani (left) and Mirjam Kovac, two of three former members of the Loyola Community in

Pope Leo XIV receives members of various religious congregations on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Sep

Pope Leo XIV greets the families of the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Sep 19, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV

St. Januarius and the miracle of the liquefaction of his blood contained in a relic. / Credit: Louis Finson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Photo2023,

As part of the Jubilee of Justice, an evening event will be held at the Chancellery Palace in Rome featuring a colloquium with U.S. Supreme

Three Augustinian nuns (pictured on Sept. 16, 2025) fled their nursing home and returned to their convent in Austria. / Credit: Photo courtesy Nonnen_Goldenstein CNA

Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller said assassinated Christian activist Charlie Kirk “upheld and lived in defense of the beauty and sanctity of marriage and family” in

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims gathered for his Sunday Angelus in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 14, 2025. / Credit: Vatican

Pope Leo XIV presides over his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 17, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims gathered for his weekly general audience on Sept. 17, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: