Vatican Energy & Agriculture: Pope Leo XIV’s office is pushing a major renewable shift, with reports that the Vatican plans a €100 million solar power plant and a broader “let there be sunlight” plan tying energy self-sufficiency to agriculture. Human-Centered Tech: Pope Leo met Rajasthan’s IIAS delegation, urging that digital tools and AI be “humanised” for public good, with an ethical framework and safeguards against machines making life-and-death decisions. Diplomacy in Wartime: Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher’s Moscow mission reopened a key channel with Lavrov, stressing that the conflict “cannot be resolved by military means” and calling for negotiations and humanitarian law protections. Church Governance & Media: Pope Leo personally ordered the Vatican to stop using Marko Rupnik images on Vatican News, after years of controversy around the artist. Finance Oversight: The Pope appointed Liechtenstein princess Gisela Bergmann to help manage Vatican finances via the Council for the Economy. Disaster Response: The Pope sent condolences for Nepal flash floods, praying for victims and rescuers as deaths topped 350 and a flood-risk lake threatened to burst. Security & Church Affairs: A Vatican-linked investigation backdrop surfaced in the US as DOJ criticized an FBI “Catholic memo” as a “grave failure,” while a Chaldean bishop rejected a plea deal ahead of trial on alleged money laundering and embezzlement. Liturgical Culture: Latin Mass communities in Vietnam are reportedly growing among youth, with leaders citing “misunderstanding” as the main barrier.