Pope Leo XIV signals a digital-era shift for the Church by endorsing HolyDeeds, a Vatican-backed immersive tech project that unites sacred storytelling, art and AI.

Pope Leo XIV has met with members of his Augustinian religious order during a visit to the congregation’s headquarters outside St. Peter’s Square.

The Order of St. Augustine, with fewer than 3,000 members, shaped the man who would become a cardinal, and then pope to the world’s Roman Catholics.