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		<title>Pope&#8217;s first encyclical now available to read</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael McG]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pope Leo’s new encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence, is available to read online via the Vatican website here. The Catholic Truth Society has put together a series of resources to help equip lay Catholics with an understanding of the encyclical. Roundtable Part 1: youtu.be/jNn6wl9eLUc Sister Carino [&#8230;]
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		<title>Archbishop welcomes Pope’s first encyclical</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael McG]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 14:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[President of the Bishops’ Conference and Archbishop of Westminster, the Most Reverend Richard Moth, has welcomed the publication of Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical letter Magnifica Humanitas. “I welcome today’s publication of Pope Leo’s first encyclical:&#160;Magnifica humanitas, on preserving the human person in the age of artificial&#160;intelligence. “One of the first interventions of Pope Leo since [&#8230;]
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		<title>Food is Pope&#8217;s prayer intention for May</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael McG]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 15:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pope Leo XIV lifts up his voice in prayer in a world in which millions of people do not have access to adequate food.His intention for the month of May, “That everyone might have food,” focuses on the most urgent challenges of our time: hunger and wasted food. Through the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network’s “Pray [&#8230;]
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