Pope Leo XIV cites AI
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Catholic cardinals from around the globe have gathered at the Vatican, retreating from the outside world to deliberate in secrecy on who will succeed Pope Francis.The Sistine Chapel has been sealed and the cardinals and Vatican staff have sworn an oath of secrecy.
No new pope has been selected as of the morning of Thursday, May 8, but there's still a chance that one will be picked on the second day of conclave.
By Joshua McElwee, Crispian Balmer and Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel and the bells of St. Peter's rang out on Thursday, signalling that cardinals have elected a new pope to succeed Pope Francis and take charge of the Roman Catholic Church.
White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica tolled Thursday after cardinals elected the 267th pope to lead the Catholic Church on the second day of their conclave.
The world is waiting to see who will replace Pope Francis, and Newsweek reveals when you can expect to see smoke signals.
More than 130 cardinals from all over the world are gathering today for the papal conclave, through which a new head of the Catholic Church is elected.
The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel Wednesday before sealing themselves inside.
The 133 cardinals tasked with electing the next leader of the Catholic Church had their first vote on Wednesday.
Two cardinals, Michael Czerny and Chibly Langlois, sat down with ABC News to discuss the challenges facing the church that the new pope will have to face.
Cardinals entered St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday for a final Mass before the conclave to elect the successor to Pope Francis after his death last month.
Getting back to our own age, Pope Leo XIV went on to tell the Cardinals that AI is "another industrial revolution" and presumably requires the same kind of Papal redress. Pope Francis first warned us about AI in August 2023 in his World Day of Peace address, and earlier this year returned to the theme in the essay Antiqua et Nova ("old and new").