Lebanon needed this embrace.” The words went out over a social media platform, made more poignant for the accompanying image ...

Leo XIV has governed through pastoral warmth, quiet competence and careful incrementalism. Whether that approach heals the ...

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Pope Leo revealed on Tuesday that at the moment of his election as leader of the 1 ...

Pope Leo XIV has started the first foreign trip of his papacy traveling to the Middle East. Today in Turkey, he appealed for tolerance between different peoples and religions. He called for harmony ...

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Pope Leo XIV arrived in Turkey Thursday on the first overseas trip of his papacy, which will also take him to Lebanon, said an AFP journalist on board his plane.

The pontiff begins a trip to Turkey and Lebanon on Thursday — the first foreign voyage of his papacy, and his biggest test yet. By Motoko Rich Reporting from Rome As Pope Leo XIV embarks on his first ...

On May 8, 2025, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago became Pope Leo XIV—making history as the first American-born pope to lead the Catholic Church. When white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel ...