Newly elected Pope Leo XIV's significance as leader of the Catholic Church is beyond dispute, but the papacy's role has historically extended far beyond the altar and pews. For more than a century, ...

The Vatican has a deep history of conflict mediation, with varying degrees of success. An effort by the pope to end the war ...

Pope Francis’s legacy is one of bold moral clarity: a Church allied with the poor, a planet in peril, and a global economy in ...

The world of Donald Trump, Elon Musk and similar believers in transactional reality has created a moral vacuum. There is an ...

Trump proposed in a statement on social media that Pope Leo XIV host delegations in Vatican City and play a mediating role in ...

The US and European leaders are placing their hopes in the Vatican to engage Russia and Ukraine in peace talks, after ...

Vice President JD Vance met on Monday at the Vatican with Pope Leo XIV, the first leader of the global Catholic Church from ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday that the Vatican could be a venue for Russia-Ukraine peace talks, taking up the Holy See’s longstanding offer after Pope Leo XIV vowed to personally ...

Historic sugar shortage in Cuba threatens worldwide rum supply ... modern popes but abandoned by his predecessor, the late Pope Francis. Francis, known for his rejection of ornate clothing and ...