Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has asked Pope Leo XIV to help maintain peace in Venezuela. His comments come as the U.S. military continues to strike alleged drug-carrying boats off Venezuela.

The Pope actively supports the parish in Gaza and promotes dialogue initiatives for the resolution of the conflict in Ukraine.

Florida Republican Congressman Byron Donalds, and candidate for governor, on X on Monday: "The President of PEACE. May today's 'Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict' become reality. May there be peace in the Middle East once and for all."

On the Catholic Church’s Roman calendar, October is designated as the Month of the Holy Rosary, with the liturgical Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary falling on Oct. 7 – and indeed, it’s a traditional practice to pray the rosary all 31 days.

Pope Leo XIV has dedicated his prayer intention for October to collaboration between different religious traditions. This choice coincides with the 60th

Pope Leo XIV Wednesday had a brief greeting with Bethlehem mayor Maher Nicola Canawati Wednesday, during which he was invited to visit Gaza and in which he assured Palestinians of his closeness amid the ongoing war.

People of faith cannot love God while despising his creatures, and people cannot call themselves Christians without caring for everything fragile and wounded, including the earth, Pope Leo XIV told climate activists and political and religious leaders.

Pope Leo XIV has begun correcting some of Pope Francis’ more questionable financial reforms and decisions, canceling a law Monday that had concentrated financial power in the Vatican bank. Leo abrogated the 2022 law that had decreed that management of the Holy See’s assets was the “exclusive responsibility” of the Institute of Religious Works,