Pope Leo
- Pope meets with Italian secret agents and urges them to be ethical - Pope Leo XIV met Friday with members of Italy’s intelligence services and warned them not to use confidential information for blackmailing or other nefarious purposes. Leo urged the 007s, as the Italian agents are popularly known, to do th
- Pope Leo XIV gets into Christmas spirit with prayer for peace at Spanish Steps - Pope Leo XIV got into the Christmas spirit Monday by taking part in a very Roman papal tradition: praying for peace at a statue of the Madonna near the Spanish Steps on the Dec. 8 feast day that kicks off the Christmas season. Usually Holy
- Pope cancels Holy See fundraising commission announced under questionable circumstances - Pope Leo XIV has taken his biggest step yet to correct one of Pope Francis’ more problematic financial moves, canceling a special Holy See fundraising commission that was announced under questionable circumstances while Francis was hospital
- Pope prays at Beirut port blast site on last day of Lebanon visit - Pope Leo XIV demanded justice for the more than 200 victims of the disaster, at the end of his three-day visit to Lebanon.
- Pope in Lebanon prays for peace at tomb of saint revered by Christians and Muslims alike - Pope Leo XIV prayed Monday at the tomb of a Lebanese saint revered among Christians and Muslims as he opened his first full day in Lebanon with a message of peace and religious coexistence in a region torn by conflict. As bells rang out, t
- Pope Leo calls for Palestinian state as he continues foreign trip with stop in Lebanon - Pope Leo was in Lebanon on Sunday night, the second stop on his inaugural foreign trip. Leo told reporters on his plane that the creation of a Palestinian state was the only solution to resolve the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
- Pope Leo XIV doubles down on insistence for 2-state solution to resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict - Pope Leo XIV doubled down Sunday on the Holy See’s insistence on a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying in his first airborne news conference that it was the “only solution” that could guarantee justice for