Vatican Tech & Data Security: The Vatican’s “Click to Pray” app is reported to have leaked 700K+ users’ names and emails after an exposed API flaw was flagged earlier this year, raising fresh questions about digital safeguards at the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network. AI, Education & Oversight: Pope Leo XIV’s message to Silicon Valley is getting attention after Vatican-linked discussions at Sun Valley stressed that AI must be governed to serve the common good, especially in classrooms where tools can amplify values. Peace, Nuclear Disarmament & AI Drones: A Vatican-hosted summit on nuclear weapons and AI highlighted Leo’s push for practical peace-building, with a Catholic professor pointing to the risks of lethal autonomous systems and AI-enabled conflict. Vatican Governance & Cardinals: Pope Leo XIV is expanding consistories into longer, more regular gatherings and shifting the format toward the Synod on Synodality, a change some cardinals are already debating. Appointments & Economy Portfolio: Sister Alessandra Smerilli, an economics PhD, has been named prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, making her only the third woman to lead a Vatican dicastery. Global Food Security: UN agencies launched a Rome report estimating 645 million people faced hunger in 2025, warning that geopolitical and climate shocks could worsen food systems. Church Property & Finance: The Diocese of Buffalo sold three downtown properties for $4.6m to help fund a $150m clergy abuse settlement, underscoring how church assets are being mobilized for compensation.