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

The American pope emphasized a message of peace as he arrived in Ankara, welcomed on the tarmac by a military guard of honor and at the presidential palace by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople said on Saturday they are “deeply alarmed by the current international situation,” issuing a joint appeal for peace. The appeal ...

Pope Leo XIV made a surprise appearance at a rave outside of St. Elisabeth Cathedral, celebrating Archbishop Bernard Bober’s birthday. The DJ for the night was also a Catholic Priest, and the entire ...

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, is received at Chigi Palace by Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni From ...

Pope Leo XIV plans to pray at an Armenian Apostolic cathedral in Istanbul in a gesture supporting Christian unity and ...

Pope Leo XIV started his third day in Turkey on Saturday with a visit to the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul. The visit was a gesture of respect toward the Islamic world, fraternity with Muslims, and ...

Pope Leo XIV encouraged Turkey to be a source of stability and dialogue in a world riven by conflict, as he opened his first foreign trip as pope on Thursday with a plea for peace amid efforts to end ...

The text of the joint declaration they signed rejects the use of religion to justify violence, urges global efforts toward peace, supports cooperation among believers of different faiths, and entrusts ...

Pope Leo XIV called for dialogue among world leaders during his visit to Ankara, Turkey, on Nov. 27, 2025. It's the first international trip of his papacy. Trump’s Remarks to Female Reporters Spark ...

Pope Leo XIV has called on Christians to move beyond “theological controversies” that no longer serve the cause of unity and to rediscover together the faith professed at the Council of Nicaea 1,700 ...