News of the Pope, and other news
Pope Leo XIV’s lung nodule has been confirmed as cancerous following surgery at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, raising fresh concerns about the Holy Father’s health and the course of his recovery. Christine Rousselle reports on the diagnosis, the operation and what is known about the Pope’s condition.
The news of the Pope’s cancer diagnosis has prompted urgent questions about his prognosis and the implications for his forthcoming engagements. In a special edition of The David Hahn Show, Vatican correspondent Michael Haynes joins David to discuss what doctors have disclosed, the atmosphere in Rome and the prospects for the Pope’s planned visit to South America.
Archbishop Richard Moth has called on Catholics to pray for Pope Leo XIV following the announcement of his cancer diagnosis, joining the expressions of concern and solidarity from across the Church. Corrie Douglas-Young reports on the archbishop’s appeal and the response of Catholics in England and Wales to the news from Rome.
Are America’s founding principles and Catholic integralism necessarily at odds, or might they prove more compatible than their critics suppose? Patrick Neve challenges the assumption that fidelity to the American founding requires the exclusion of a more explicitly Christian understanding of political life.
As artificial intelligence developers turn to religious leaders for guidance on morality and even the possibility of machine consciousness, some troubling questions arise about the nature of goodness itself. Aubrey Strobel considers the philosophical and theological assumptions behind these efforts, and whether the cultivation of artificial intelligence can ever be compared to the formation of a human soul.
The news of the Pope’s cancer diagnosis has prompted urgent questions about his prognosis and the implications for his forthcoming engagements. In a special edition of The David Hahn Show, Vatican correspondent Michael Haynes joins David to discuss what doctors have disclosed, the atmosphere in Rome and the prospects for the Pope’s planned visit to South America.
Archbishop Richard Moth has called on Catholics to pray for Pope Leo XIV following the announcement of his cancer diagnosis, joining the expressions of concern and solidarity from across the Church. Corrie Douglas-Young reports on the archbishop’s appeal and the response of Catholics in England and Wales to the news from Rome.
Are America’s founding principles and Catholic integralism necessarily at odds, or might they prove more compatible than their critics suppose? Patrick Neve challenges the assumption that fidelity to the American founding requires the exclusion of a more explicitly Christian understanding of political life.
As artificial intelligence developers turn to religious leaders for guidance on morality and even the possibility of machine consciousness, some troubling questions arise about the nature of goodness itself. Aubrey Strobel considers the philosophical and theological assumptions behind these efforts, and whether the cultivation of artificial intelligence can ever be compared to the formation of a human soul.

