Pope Leo XIV's visit to Spain highlighted tensions with the far-right Vox party, whose leader Santiago Abascal champions Catholicism as Spanish identity. The Pope's speeches on migrants, war, and human dignity contradicted Vox's policies, creating discomfort for the party and potentially impacting upcoming elections.
Pope Leo XIV's encyclical Magnifica Humanitas warns against the misuse of AI, emphasizing its potential to exacerbate economic inequality and undermine human dignity, while distinguishing what it means to be human from AI capabilities.
Pope Leo visited the Sanctuary of Mama Muxima in Angola, a site that served as a major hub in the slave trade during Portuguese colonial rule. The American pope recalled the "sorrow and great suffering" Angolans endured for centuries, addressing an estimated 30,000 gathered faithful. The church, built at the end of the 16th century as part of a fortress complex, was where enslaved Africans were baptized before being forced to walk over 110km to the port of Luanda for shipment to the Americas. He did not refer specifically to slavery in his remarks.
