Pope Leo XIV addresses the faithful after delivering the Urbi et Orbi blessing - Latin for "to the city of Rome and to the world" - from the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica at the end of Easter ...

As Christians of the southern Lebanese village of Debel were not able to spend Easter in their homes and churches, and the Vatican humanitarian convoy was not able to reach them, Pope Leo XIV sent a ...

Pope Leo XIV sent Easter greetings to Catholics in Gaza as they celebrate Easter amid the fear and uncertainty of war, said Fr. Gabriel Romanelli, pastor of Holy Family Parish. In a video posted on ...

Pope Leo XIV used his first Easter as pontiff to issue a broad appeal for peace, warning against ‘fake news’ and rhetoric linking faith to military action. Without naming him, the remarks were widely ...

Pope Leo celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a call Sunday to exercise hope against “the violence of war that kills and destroys,’’ saying “we need this song of hope today” as conflicts ...

Pope Leo XIV sent Easter greetings to Catholics in Gaza as they celebrate Easter amid the fear and uncertainty of war, said Father Gabriel Romanelli, pastor of Holy Family Parish. In a video posted on ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a call Sunday to lay down arms and seek peace to global conflicts through dialogue, but he departed from a tradition ...

He has a Midwestern grin — modest, self-effacing, almost as if he is trying to hide his teeth. I liked him immediately.

The pontiff’s Easter address, like so many of his recent statements, countered Trump’s Iran bombast with a cry for peace—and sanity. With the war in Iran growing ever more chaotic, and with violence ...