Leo said in French: “The renewed prospect of your return to your native archipelago is an encouraging sign and a powerful symbol on the international stage: all peoples, even the smallest and weakest, ...

Pope Leo XIV has strongly affirmed the rights of the weakest against the ambitions of the powerful. He delivered the message ...

Despite the apparent escalation of the war in Gaza, Pope Leo XIV has urged faithful Catholics to pray and fast for peace on ...

A tourist itinerary connecting dozens of landmarks associated with Pope Leo XIV's decades-long mission in Peru was launched in July by the South American country's government, in a joint effort with ...

We can hope that the move does not undo one of the signature achievements of Pope Francis: He broke up the court atmosphere ...

Michael W. Higgins is the Basilian Distinguished Fellow of Contemporary Catholic Thought at the University of Toronto’s St.

Leo XIV noted that, although the Catholic Church was not present at that first meeting, 'we stand with you today as fellow ...

The President of the Republic of Seychelles has hailed the leadership of Pope Leo XIV amid challenges that he said cut across ...

Italian daily newspaper reports that Augustinian friars are expected to join Leo when he moves into the papal apartment so ...

Pope Leo XIV asked people to fast Friday to pray for peace and justice in the Middle East and Ukraine, issuing a special ...

I ask all the faithful to spend Aug. 22 in fasting and prayer, asking the Lord to grant us peace and justice and to dry the tears of those who suffer because of the armed conflicts underway.” ...

When Pope Leo XIV surprised tens of thousands of young people at a recent Holy Year celebration with an impromptu popemobile romp around St. Peter’s Square, it almost seemed as if some of the informal ...