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Pope Leo XIV gets rock star's welcome at Catholic influencer festival

Pope Leo XIV gets rock star's welcome at Catholic influencer festival

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday received a rock star's welcome at the Vatican's festival of Catholic influencers — priests, nuns and ordinary faithful who use their social media presence to preach and teach the faith — as he urged them to ensure that human relations don't suffer with the spread of digital ecosystems and artificial intelligence .
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