Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Pope Leo XIV met Thursday at the Vatican to discuss the situation in the Middle East and other matters, a meeting that came after weeks of tension between the ...

A year into his papacy, Leo has shown a readiness to challenge Washington, defying any concerns about the election of an American pontiff. By Motoko Rich and Elizabeth Dias Motoko Rich reported from ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed the Middle East with Pope Leo at the Vatican on Thursday at an audience that follows President Donald Trump’s criticism of the first American pope over the ...

It is a scene that feels more like a sitcom script than a Vatican reality: Two months after Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago-born cardinal, was elected Pope Leo XIV, he found himself at the mercy of ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- This Friday marks the one-year anniversary of Pope Leo XIV's papacy. To celebrate, students at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy are marking the milestone by embracing the pontiff's ...

Chris Weber, vice president of business and product for Amazon Leo, sports a T-shirt bearing Amazon Leo’s logo in the project’s signature krypton shade of purple during countdown coverage for an April ...

It was a class reunion like no other. Ten 1969 graduates of St. Mary of the Assumption school on the city’s Far South Side traveled to Vatican City to reconnect with a fellow alum whom they now call ...

The secretary of state quipped of his crystal football for Leo: “What to get someone who has everything?” Simone Risoluti - Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Secretary of State Marco Rubio spent ...

His appointments of bishops have focused on pastoral care and reflect the changing composition of Catholic pews and priests. By Elizabeth Dias Pope Leo XIV’s moral voice has resounded in global ...

President Donald Trump speaks as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on April 23, 2026 in Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump ...

Rubio met Pope Leo at Vatican on Thursday morning Trump has repeatedly attacked Leo, first US pope Leo, Iran war critic, says he is spreading Christian message First papal meeting with Trump cabinet ...

Pope Leo has dismissed the latest criticisms from President Donald Trump, saying neither he nor the Catholic church supports nuclear weapons, and that any critics should speak “truthfully”. The ...