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IBM, Microsoft join Vatican in calling for greater regulation of facial recognition, 'algorithmic conditioning'

IBM, Microsoft join Vatican in calling for greater regulation of facial recognition, “algorithmic conditioning”

Pope denounces targeted commercial, political advertising on internet

“Dulls critical thought and freedom”: Pope denounces targeted commercial, political advertising on internet

Pope Francis receiving the imposition of ashes this Ash Wednesday February 26

Francis, on Ash Wednesday: “Our earthly possessions will prove useless, but the love we share will save us”

Pope Francis February 26 in the Wednesday General Audience

General Audience: Pope prays for coronavirus victims, Iraq, Air Italy employees under threat of mass layoffs – full text

Pope Francis' message for Lent 2020

In message for Lent, Pope hits out at “idolatry” of “unbridled thirst for profit”, appeals for “more just and inclusive” economy

Vatican rep to UN in Geneva decries $2 trillion world spends on arms

Vatican rep to UN in Geneva decries $1.8 trillion world spends on arms: “How can we love our neighbour?”

EU migration and asylum pact - Church, civil society groups urge 'fair, sustainable and humane' solutions

EU migration and asylum pact: Church, civil society groups urge “fair, sustainable and humane” solutions

Poverty and inquality in Europe

Church charity Caritas denounces bureaucracy, legal barriers to basic services increasing poverty, inequality in Europe

'Querida Amazonia' - Polish Bishops' President thanks Pope for 'loud cry of Church for rights of poor'

‘Querida Amazonia’: Polish Bishops’ President thanks Pope for “loud cry of Church for rights of poor”

French laypeople say Pope's Amazon exhortation invitation to be 'inventive... without waiting for the hierarchy'

French laypeople say Amazon exhortation invitation to be “inventive… without waiting for the hierarchy”

'Green deal' for Europe

Catholic aid org CIDSE calls on EU “to make ‘Green Deal’ work” for partner countries, climate, biodiversity

Pope Francis February 21 in an audience with members of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

“Bulwark in defence of the least”: Francis insists on importance of law, punishment in Church and State

Pope prays for victims of Hanau attack

Pope in “mourning”, “deeply affected” by “terrible act of violence” in Hanau

A man kisses the Pope during the General Audience Wednesday 19 February

Pope insists on World Social Justice Day on “rights” and “immense dignity” of poor and abandoned

Pope Francis blesses a woman February 19 at the Wednesday General Audience

Francis, in General Audience: “There is no land more beautiful to gain than peace renewed with a brother or sister”

Angelus of Pope Francis

In Angelus, Pope deplores “so many calamities” in Syria: “People that make war don’t know how to control their passions”

Spanish National Congress of Laypeople

Francis pleads with laypeople to renew with “ingenuity and witness” a Europe “suffocated by death and despair”

Pope Francis February 13 in his Santa Marta Mass

Pope, in Santa Marta: “How often we forget the Lord and begin to deal with other gods: money, vanity, pride”

In Amazon Synod exhortation, Pope says 'no' to married priests, women deacons

Amazon Synod exhortation: Vatican editorial director explains ‘no’ (for now?) to married priests, female deacons

World Day of the Sick - Bishops push new Irish government to ensure quality healthcare for all

World Day of the Sick: Bishops push new Irish government to ensure quality healthcare for all

Pope Francis caresses the belly of a pregnant woman February 10 in an audience with the Knights of Colombus

Francis encourages Catholics to “make ourselves one with all, starting with the last, the excluded, the discarded”

Pope's 'global compact on education' - Francis calls for 'covenant' to form 'more fraternal world'

Pope’s “global compact on education”: Francis calls for “covenant” to form “more fraternal world”

Pope Francis denounces 'dirty, underhanded... corruption' of people smugglers

“Blood money”: Francis denounces “dirty, underhanded… corruption” of human traffickers

Pope pleads for economy based on 'inclusion, care for our Common Home and integral human development'

Pope pleads for economy based on “inclusion, care for our Common Home and integral human development”

Pope agitates for global economic reform with leading world economists and finance ministers

Pope agitates for global economic reform: “A rich world can and must put an end to poverty”

Pope Francis shakes hands with the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmed el-Tayeb

Pope renews call to religions “to say ‘no’ to violence and together promote peace, life, and religious freedom”

Armagh bishops plead with Irish election candidates for 'truly compassionate' society

“Put people first”: Armagh bishops plead with Irish election candidates for “truly compassionate society”

Human rights abuses of multinationals

Catholic development org calls on EU to curb “serious abuses” of multinationals on human rights, environment

Pope Francis meets February 1 representatives of Villa Maria Care & Research Group

Pope reminds hospital workers, administrators “the sick person is not a number”

Brexit has arrived

Updated: European Bishops: “Brexit will not succeed in shattering EU-UK fraternal relations”