Experts see the new pontiff as less confrontational than his predecessor, but willing to stand up for the church's teachings.

Pope Leo XIV declared full commitment to efforts for world peace. The Holy See supports fostering dialogue between enemies to ...

Pope Leo XIV, with his American background, is likely to prioritize the Vatican’s alignment with the West in general, rather ...

Disarmed and disarming, the peace that is not there and that has been evoked by Leo XIV in these first days as pontiff more ...

Pope Leo XIV offered to host or facilitate peace talks among countries at war, calling for world leaders to "meet, talk, ...

Will Leo follow in the steps of his predecessor Pope Francis and be a progressive? Or will he be a conservative, as many ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader of the Catholic Church, pledges peace efforts and offers the Vatican as a mediator in ...

Born in the U.S., forged in Peru, chosen in Rome, Leo XIV will helm a church facing debt, division and decline ...

As the Trump administration dismantles climate action and cuts funding to Indigenous peoples around the world — and far-right ...