World May 07 WATCH: At Vatican, Rubio discusses efforts to achieve Middle East peace Secretary State Marco Rubio met with Pope Leo and then Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin in a visit that lasted 2½ hours.
World May 06 Pope will inaugurate Barcelona's Sagrada Familia tower and meet with migrants in June trip to Spain Pope Leo XIV will inaugurate the soaring central tower of Barcelona’s famed Sagrada Familia basilica when he visits Spain next month in a weeklong trip that will also take him to a migrant reception center in the Canary Islands, the…
World Apr 27 Pope Leo XIV prays with Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally in historic encounter The encounter between Christianity's two most famous religious figures would have been unthinkable just a few years ago, given the divisions between their two churches over women's ordination in general and Mullally's appointment in particular.
World Apr 23 Pope urges U.S. and Iran to resume peace talks, condemns capital punishment Pope Leo XIV urged the United States and Iran to return to talks to end the war Thursday and condemned capital punishment, in a wide-ranging press conference en route home from his trip to Africa.
World Apr 23 Pope wraps up an Africa visit for the history books with a Mass in Equatorial Guinea Leo departed for Rome after a farewell ceremony at the Malabo airport, ending an 11-day, four-nation voyage that took him from Algeria in the north of Africa to Angola in the south and Cameroon in between.
World Apr 22 Pope Leo calls for better prison conditions during Equatorial Guinea visit at end of Africa tour Leo’s stop, at the end of his four-nation African tour, took on added significance after it emerged that Equatorial Guinea was one of several African nations that have been paid millions of dollars in controversial deals with the Trump administration to receive…
World Apr 21 Pope Leo criticizes colonization of minerals, 'lust for power' in Equatorial Guinea Pope Leo XIV has denounced the “colonization” of minerals and the “lust for power” in Equatorial Guinea.
Nation Apr 18 Strong winds leave heavy damage in the Midwest A series of reported tornadoes has torn through the midwestern United States, ripping roofs off homes and leaving roads impassable. Officials in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota have expressed relief that the storms did not result in loss of life.
World Apr 18 Pope Leo arrives in Angola, the third stop on his visit to Africa Leo’s plane touched down at Luanda’s international airport after the flight from Yaounde, Cameroon, where he celebrated a morning Mass before an estimated 200,000 people.
World Apr 17 Pope urges young people to resist temptation of corruption in big Mass in Cameroon In his homily, delivered in French and English, Leo cited the Biblical story of Jesus’ multiplication of loaves in urging young people to “multiply your talents through the faith, perseverance, and friendship.”…