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Soon after he returns from his 10-day trip to Africa, Pope Leo will finish his first encyclical. 
It’s almost certainly on the opportunities -- and dangers -- of artificial intelligence. 
The perils of AI, especially on higher education, have prompted Notre Dame University to set up a new Centre for Technology and Human Futures. 
GUEST:
Associate Professor Victoria Lorrimar is director of The Centre for Technology and Human Futures at the University of Notre Dame

Donald Trump’s onslaught against the Pope is almost overshadowing his first visit to Africa.  The US president accused Leo of being soft on crime, untroubled by the prospect of a nuclear Iran, and in league with the radical left. Trump’s angry about the pope’s repeated criticism of the US and Israeli war on Iran. But Leo says he’s not afraid of Trump. Has there ever been such a deep rift between a pontiff and a major world leader and what are the implications? Vatican historian and commentator Professor MASSIMO FAGGIOLI is with Trinity College, Dublin. 
While he was in Algeria, the first stop on his Africa trip, Pope Leo visited the Basilica of St. Augustine. It’s near the ancient ruins of Hippo Regius. He walked in the footsteps of St Augustine of Hippo, who lived around the year 400 AD. Leo’s an Augustinian priest so he was returning to the home of his spiritual father.
In the occupied West Bank village of Taybeh, radical Jewish settlers continue their campaign to seize the land long owned by one of the last unified Christian communities in Palestine. Now the Christians are turning to Pope Leo, hoping he’ll visiting their village and ramp up pressure on the Israeli government. The parish priest is Fr. BASHAR FAWADLEH.
Soon after he returns from his 10-day trip to Africa, Pope Leo will finish his first encyclical. It’s almost certainly on the opportunities -- and dangers -- of artificial intelligence. The perils of AI, especially on higher education, have prompted Notre Dame University to set up a new Centre for Technology and Human Futures. The director is Associate Professor VICTORIA LORRIMAR. 
GUESTS:
Professor Massimo Faggioli is professor of ecclesiology at the Loyola Institute at Trinity College Dublin
Father Bashar Fawadleh is parish priest in Taybeh, a Christian village in the middle of the West Bank in Palestine.
Associate Professor Victoria Lorrimar is director of The Centre for Technology and Human Futures at the University of Notre Dame

In the occupied West Bank village of Taybeh, radical Jewish settlers continue their campaign to seize the land long owned by one of the last unified Christian communities in Palestine. 
Now the Christians are turning to Pope Leo, hoping he’ll visiting their village and ramp up pressure on the Israeli government. 
GUEST:
 Fr. Bashar Fawadleh Taybeh parish priest 
Related: Israeli settler and Christian conflict in the West Bank

Donald Trump’s onslaught against the Pope is almost overshadowing his first visit to Africa.  
The US president accused Leo of being soft on crime, untroubled by the prospect of a nuclear Iran, and in league with the radical left. Trump’s angry about the pope’s repeated criticism of the US and Israeli war on Iran. 
But Leo says he’s not afraid of Trump. 
Has there ever been such a deep rift between a pontiff and a major world leader and what are the implications? 
GUEST:
Vatican historian and commentator Professor MASSIMO FAGGIOLI is with Trinity College, Dublin.

Andrew West discusses Trump's attack on Pope Leo with James Glenday on ABC Breakfast TV.