From the Crusades to the Thirty Years War, history is rarely as clear as when it offers this lesson: Mixing religion and warfare is a terrible idea.

Pope Leo XIV has assured Archbishop Sarah Mullally, the 106th archbishop of Canterbury and the first female to lead the Church of England, of his prayers and invoked “grace, mercy, and peace … in truth and love.”

In his first Easter message to the city of Rome and to the world, “Urbi et Orbi,” Pope Leo invited everyone to join him in “a prayer vigil for peace” in St. Peter’s Basilica, next Saturday, April 11.

In the light of Easter, let us allow ourselves to be amazed by Christ! Let us allow our hearts to be transformed by his immense love for us!’

At a time of U.S. war in the Middle East, Pope Leo XIV says no one can use God to justify war. The pontiff says he's praying especially for Christians in the region.

Pope Leo XIV, in a follow-up to the traditional Easter Sunday Urbi et Orbi (‘To the City and the World’) message, in which he called on world […]

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 consoling message to a shattered community on April 7.

The Pentagon and the Vatican denied allegations of a rift following Pope Leo XIV’s criticism of the Trump administration and a news report of a contentious meeting between a papal envoy and a top US defense official.