Pope Leo XIV told reporters he hoped U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin can find a way to reach a ceasefire in Russia’s war on Ukraine when they meet in Alaska.

It’s no secret that Pope Leo inherited a deeply divided Church. His first 100 days as Pontiff have been marked by symbolic ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday told more than a million Catholic youths at a closing Mass for a weeklong encounter with ...

We are with the young people of Gaza. We are with the young people of Ukraine, with those of every land bloodied by war,” he ...

Pope Leo XIV tops a new Gallup poll on world leaders, appealing to U.S. residents broadly in a politically divided – and ...

Pope Leo XIV appears at the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for his first Sunday blessing after his election, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday May 11, 2025.

On May 12, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a phone conversation with the new Pope, Leo XIV. Among other things, they discussed the illegal deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff that featured ...

Pope Leo XIV appears at the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for his first Sunday blessing after his election, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 11, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV appears at the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica for his first Sunday blessing after his election, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on May 11, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV called for genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff that featured some symbolic gestures suggesting a message ...