The pontiff offers something rare: a pastor-leader urging the church to reclaim the dignity of every person — not as an ...

Pope Leo XIV has criticized prison overcrowding during a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families.

During his visit to Turkey and Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV met several leaders of Christian communities and worked to promote ...

Pope Leo XIV challenged Lebanon’s political leaders to be true peacemakers and put their differences aside as he sought to ...

Pope Leo XIV has doubled down on the Holy See’s insistence on a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ...

Pope Leo XIV begins his first trip outside Italy as Catholic leader on Thursday with a visit to Turkey. He is expected to make appeals for peace in the Middle East and urge unity among long-divided ...

Pope Leo XIV is encouraging Turkey to be a source of stability and dialogue in a world riven by conflict ANKARA, Turkey -- ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Pope Leo XIV encouraged Turkey to be a source of ...

The main impetus for traveling to Turkey, the first stop on the trip, is to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, Christianity’s first ecumenical council.

Vatican City — Pope Leo XIV is embarking on his first foreign trip, a pilgrimage to Turkey and Lebanon that would be delicate under any circumstances but is even more fraught given Mideast tensions ...