Pope Leo XIV, the first American to head the global Catholic Church, pledged on Wednesday to make "every effort" for peace ...

General for Humanitarian Affairs, addressed the Security Council in New York and called for an end to Israel’s blockade on Gaza. A new UN-backed report warns that nearly one in five people in the Gaza ...

A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas collapsed in March. According to the agreement, Israel would withdraw its ...

Born in the U.S., forged in Peru, chosen in Rome, Leo XIV will helm a church facing debt, division and decline ...

Trump’s first-term rule—“Most Favored Nation”—was focused on lowering the cost of Medicare payments on certain drugs, but it ...

Cardinal Robert Barron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona–Rochester in Minnesota who traveled to Rome for the papal conclave, ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has taken over the Vatican’s official social media handles, with a first Instagram post on ...

Louis Prevost’s Facebook posts — no longer publicly viewable — suggest that he has embraced some of the most common ...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ May 9 The Washington Post says Donald Trump is destroying programs that help prepare for natural disasters President Donald Trump’s ...

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi de facto ruler, has already committed to some $600 billion in new Saudi ...

As we celebrate Pope Leo XIV, it would be a tragedy to forget one of the greatest concerns of Pope Francis' final years and days: the war in Gaza.

Political figures around the world have congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, after his election ...