May 06 Pope Leo XIV comforts 13 priests from southern Lebanon with surprise video call By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press Christians make up around a third of Lebanon’s 5 million people, giving the small nation on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean the largest percentage of Christians in the Middle East. Continue reading
May 01 Pope Leo names priest who criticized Trump's immigration crackdown as West Virginia bishop By John Raby, Giovanna Dell'Orto, Associated Press The next bishop for West Virginia Catholics will be an El Salvador-born advocate for immigrants who has opposed U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown policies. Continue reading
Apr 27 Pope Leo XIV prays with Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally in historic encounter By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Apr 23 Pope urges U.S. and Iran to resume peace talks, condemns capital punishment By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Apr 23 Pope wraps up an Africa visit for the history books with a Mass in Equatorial Guinea By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Apr 23 Highlights of Pope Leo's trip to Africa By Associated Press History’s first American pope visited Africa against the backdrop of his calls for peace that have sparked a feud with U.S. President Donald Trump over the war in Iran. Continue reading
Apr 22 Pope Leo calls for better prison conditions during Equatorial Guinea visit at end of Africa tour By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press 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… Continue reading
Apr 21 Pope Leo criticizes colonization of minerals, 'lust for power' in Equatorial Guinea By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Pope Leo XIV has denounced the “colonization” of minerals and the “lust for power” in Equatorial Guinea. Continue reading
Apr 17 Pope urges young people to resist temptation of corruption in big Mass in Cameroon By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press 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.”… Continue reading
Apr 16 WATCH: Trump says the pope has to understand that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon By Associated Press President Donald Trump said Thursday that he has "to do what’s right" as he pushes back against Pope Leo XIV on Iran war. Continue reading