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Pope decries rise of AI-directed warfare, saying it leads to a spiral of annihilation

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday denounced how investments in artificial intelligence and high-tech weaponry were leading the world into a "spiral of annihilation," as he called for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine

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Ukraine. This makes Leo's directness all the more relevant, according to White, who is also the author of *Pope Leo XIV: Inside the Conclave and the Dawn of a New Papacy*. Leo referring

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XIV greeting the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, in January. Photograph: Vatican Media Handout/EPA Relations between the Vatican and Washington have never been so fraught. In April, the US president lashed out at Leo over