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Pope Leo XIV affirmed that priests must be celibate and insisted that bishops take “firm and decisive” action to deal with sex abusers, as he gave marching orders on June 26 to the world’s Catholic hierarchs. Leo met in St. Peter’s Basilica with about 400 bishops and cardinals from 38 countries attending a special Holy Year celebration for clergy in June. A day after he gave an uplifting message of encouragement to young seminarians, Leo offered a more comprehensive outline of what bishops must do to lead their flocks. It is an issue the former Cardinal Robert Prevost would...

They were careful with the explicit imagery, as usual. But did it make any difference? Traditional news organizations were cautious in their midafternoon coverage of Charlie Kirk’s death on September 10, to not depict the moment he was shot. Instead, showing video of him tossing a hat to his audience moments before, and panicked onlookers scattering wildly in the moments after. In practical terms, though, it mattered little. Gory video of the shooting was available almost instantly online, from several angles, in slow-motion and real-time speed. Millions of people watched. Video was easy to find on X, on Facebook,...

In one new corner of the internet, users are invited to “paint the world.” And paint they have. Welcome to wplace, an ever-evolving, gamified global map overflowing with drawings made on a more than 4-trillion-pixel canvas. Images of Icelandic singer Laufey float over Reykjavík, while tributes for the late Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla surround Corpus Christi, Texas. The crest of San Lorenzo and other soccer clubs fill Buenos Aires. “Squid Game” fanart can be found on the outskirts of Seoul. And Walter White’s opening monologue from “Breaking Bad” sits near Albuquerque, New Mexico. In the Milwaukee region of the...

South Korea’s foreign minister departed for the U.S. on September 8 to finalize steps for the return of several hundred South Korean workers detained on September 4 in a massive immigration raid in Georgia, as the incident caused confusion, shock, and a sense of betrayal among many in the U.S.-allied nation. A lawyer for several workers detained at a Hyundai factory in Georgia says many of the South Koreans rounded up in the immigration raid are engineers and equipment installers brought in for the highly specialized work of getting an electric battery plant online. Atlanta immigration attorney Charles Kuck,...

Donald Trump is swiftly implementing his vision of the military as an all-powerful tool for his policy goals. It’s ground that presidents have hardly ever crossed outside of times of war, and experts say it’s remaking the role of the most powerful military in the world and its relationship with the American public. National Guard troops have been patrolling the streets of U.S. cities, as a prelude to weapons of war being deployed against American citizens. Yet as Trump has dramatically stepped up his use of military force, fellow Republicans in Congress — where authorization for such actions is...