During a visit to Iznik on Friday, Pope Leo issued a call for Christian unity and fraternity in a world rife with war and condemned fundamentalist attitudes and the use of religion to justify violence ...

Pope Leo XIV stepped into the geopolitical conversation with a firm and unusually direct message for U.S. President Donald Trump: do not weaken the long-standing partnership between Washington and ...

Leo XIV, wrapping up his first trip abroad as pope, celebrated Mass in Beirut and called on people in the Mideast to set ...

Pope Leo XIV is heading to Turkey on Thursday on his first foreign trip, fulfilling the late Pope Francis’ plans to mark an important Orthodox anniversary and bring a message of peace to the region at ...

Pope Leo XIV marks a high point of his first foreign trip to Turkey with a pilgrimage to Iznik. He prays Friday with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the site of the 325 AD Council of Nicaea.

Pope Leo XIV marked the centenary of Italy's Security Intelligence System and noted its first coordinated intelligence service launched in 1925 established "foundations." ...

COMMENTARY: The Pope’s trip to Turkey and Lebanon yielded tangible results — strengthening Orthodox-Catholic ties and issuing ...

Pope Leo XIV touched down in Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Sunday as he began a three-day visit to the nation at the heart of a Middle East battered by recent conflicts.

BEIRUT — Pope Leo XIV challenged Lebanon’s political leaders on Sunday to be true peacemakers and put their differences aside ...

On his first trip as pontiff, Leo XIV predictably called for peace and unity. But he also addressed technology’s promise and ...

The Catholic Church is more than 2,000 years old. Declaring war on it is hardly civilized or politically smart. Trump has ...

Pope Leo XIV marks a high point of his his first foreign trip to Turkey with a pilgrimage to the site where early Christian church leaders met 1,700 years ago under the auspices of the Roman Emperor ...