Vatican AI & media ethics: At the SIGNIS World Congress in Kigali, Pope Leo XIV urged Catholic communicators to build digital communication rooted in truth and human dignity, warning that algorithm-driven culture can replace genuine encounter; Vatican officials also warned that AI content farms are flooding the web, siphoning ad money from investigative journalism and destabilizing democracy. AI safety & cyber risk: Researchers flagged prompt-injection flaws in Google’s open-source Agent Development Kit for Python that could let one AI agent exploit another via manipulated pull requests, raising new supply-chain concerns. AI, energy, and water: Catholic environmental advocates pressed for safeguards as U.S. data centers expand, citing electricity demand, water use, e-waste, and local grid and community impacts. Prayer vs efficiency culture: Pope Leo XIV told Catholics that prayer is “an act of hope,” lamenting that it’s fading in many families and urging deeper use of the Liturgy of the Hours. Papal travel & pastoral focus: The Holy See announced Pope Leo XIV’s first South America trip, Nov. 6–17, visiting 10 cities across Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru. Digital childhood protection: SIGNIS sessions warned that online exploitation can groom children before abuse is visible, calling for prevention, formation, and shared responsibility across families, schools, faith groups, and tech companies. Local tech creativity: Stellantis partnered with Nova Sky Stories for drone-based immersive storytelling experiences in the U.S. Church leadership spotlight: A profile highlighted how a Lake Charles native became the youngest Catholic bishop in America.