The pontiff urged Oxford scholars to seek truth courageously and promote an education rooted in human dignity, justice and the common good.

The Labor Day message echoed Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas on artificial intelligence.

The pope told the seminarians that the call of God is gratuitous and not based on any merit of theirs, adding that their presence is a sign of hope for the Church in that God continues to call.

Critics of the devout religious superior have for years alleged that she refused to administer anesthetics to the sick and dying at her mission in Calcutta.

The Ortega-Murilla regime has approved reforms that bar the opposition from participating in elections, drawing strong opposition from exiled leaders, the United States, Costa Rica and Peru.

The mother will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court over the ruling from the state court, attorneys said.

The state recently began allowing doctors to help patients kill themselves by prescribing lethal doses of medication.

Zen and four others face monetary fines, but it’s unclear whether they will face further prosecution.

The program has been a fixture of the Church calendar since 2000, when it was launched by St. John Paul II.

The Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation and Peoria Bishop Lou Tylka announced the list of speakers for the Sept. 25 event, which will be held at the Peoria Civic Center.