President of Chagos Refugees Group Louis Olivier Bancoult holds a statue of the Virgin at the Vatican, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. Mary(Philippe Sands Via AP) ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV strongly affirmed ...

The summons to have a private audience with Pope Leo XIV arrived sooner than expected. What had been planned for late ...

After 50 years of struggle, Chagossians won a major victory over the most powerful governments in the world. This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles ...

At a time when many may feel that good news has gone the way of the dodo, look no further than the homeland of that long-extinct bird — Mauritius — for a dose of encouragement. There, among the ...

Pope Leo XIV strongly affirmed the rights of the weakest against the ambitions of the powerful during an audience Saturday with exiled refugees from Chagos, the contested Indian Ocean archipelago that ...