War is never inevitable,” Pope Leo XIV proclaimed, his voice ringing out to a sea of more than a million teens and ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Leo XIV has taken over the Vatican's official social media handles, with a first Instagram post on Tuesday repeating the fir ...

Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff that featured some symbolic gestures suggesting a message ...

Pope Leo XIV spoke to 300 representatives of movements and associations dedicated to peace, telling them to “generate hope”. The pontiff cited his predecessor who promoted the 2024 Arena o ...

Pope Leo XIV reiterated a plea for peace in Gaza on Sunday, July 20, amid the Israel-Hamas war. Following his weekly Angeles address, the pontiff expressed sorrow over the bombing of a Catholic ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo XIV, the first American to head the global Catholic Church, pledged on Wednesday to make "every effort" for peace and offered the Vatican as a mediator in global ...

Pope Leo XIV has condemned what he called the "illusionary security" of the global nuclear deterrence system as he addressed ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass on Friday, a day after his historic election as the first North American pope in the Catholic Church's 2,000-year history while congratulations poured in ...

Pope Leo XIV appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025.

In mid-July 2025, a rumor was widely circulated online claiming that Pope Leo XIV had nominated pop superstar Taylor Swift for the Nobel Peace Prize. For example, a July 16 post on Threads read ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost waves from the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter's Basilica, after the cardinals ended the conclave, in The Vatican, on Thursday. | AFP-Jiji ...