Pope Leo XIV on Thursday urged Russia and Ukraine to find the "courage" to hold direct talks and spoke of the dire ...

Pope Leo XIV delivers Christmas message calling for peace in Middle East and Ukraine, urging world leaders to reject violence ...

Leo XIV’s Christmas address was his first since being elected pontiff and was scrutinized for comparisons with those of his ...

In his first Christmas “Urbi et Orbi" address, Pope Leo XIV made a direct and poignant appeal for peace, urging the leaders ...

The U.S.-born pope also lamented the situation for migrants and refugees who "traverse the American continent." ...

The new pontiff’s usual Christmas remarks prompted unease from European media outlets, and they raised increasingly common ...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says he has held “a very meaningful and powerful conversation” with Pope Francis, focused on Russian aggression, the humanitarian situation, and Ukraine’s need ...

Pope Leo XIV has called for a Christmas Day truce in ongoing conflicts around the world, and spoken out against the passage ...

Back in 2022, during the defense of Mariupol, the visit of the then-Pope Francis to Ukraine was considered. A visit by the ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated the first Christmas since his election by denouncing the suffering of people of Gaza – taking shelter in tents from the “rain, wind and cold” – and by calling for the guns to ...