Now, U.S. officials see an opportunity to strengthen relations with Pope Leo, the first American pontiff, whose focus on ending the world’s most destructive conflicts dovetails with the vision ...

A worker arranges printed newspapers for circulation with a picture of the newly elected Pope Leo XIV at the Nation Media Group printing press on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, May 8, 2025 ...

ANALYSIS: The southeast Asian country is one of the few countries that still does not have diplomatic ties with the Holy See.

Pope Leo XIV penned a scathing four-word message to Vladimir Putin as he broke his silence on X on Wednesday. ... Pope Leo issued his first official social media greeting since taking office, ...

Canel’s administration has once again imprisoned opposition figures released after negotiations with Pope Francis ...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday expressed hopes that Pope Leo XIV would make an unprecedented visit to North ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Pope Leo XIV. They discussed the peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, The Guardian ...

Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. In his first public words as pontiff, history’s first American pope, said: “Peace be with you.” From the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, he recalled ...

During the celebration, Pope Leo XIV revived the ancient tradition of personally imposing the pallium on new metropolitan archbishops.

Pope Leo XIV affirmed Friday that ... has diplomatic relations with over ... the Rev. Robert Prevost in 2012 criticized the “homosexual lifestyle” and the role of mass media in promoting ...

Leo will be formally installed as pope at a Mass on May 18, the Vatican said Friday, and will preside over his first general audience May 21. Leo had asked all heads of Vatican offices, who ...