The Catholic Church has celebrated the feast day of the 21 victims of Coptic confession killed by ISIS in 2015 for the first time; all 21 men had been proclaimed martyrs by the Coptic Church

Global Nobel Laureates Assembly on Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear War, inspired by encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, was held in Castel Gandolfo with over 200 Nobel winners, experts, university representatives reflecting on the challenges of our days

Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical letter was issued on 25 May; titled Magnifica humanitas in Latin, it is translated as Magnificent Humanity or On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence

The Institute for the Works of Religions releases its 2025 Annual Report posting a 51 million euro net income and a dividend to the Pope of 24,3 million euro, a 10-year-record net income