Pope Leo XIV delivered his first Christmas “Urbi et Orbi” blessing from Vatican City on Thursday, at the end of a year overshadowed by conflict around the world, urging Ukraine and Russia to find the ...

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday urged Russia and Ukraine to find the "courage" to hold direct talks and spoke of the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza in his first Christmas message. The US pope, ...

Leo called for "justice, peace and stability" in Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, Israel and Syria, prayers for "the ...

Pope Leo XIV issued an appeal for peace around the world in his first Christmas address as pope to thousands of the faithful braving rain on St Peter's Square in Rome on Thursday. Everyone should work ...

Leo XIV’s Christmas address was his first since being elected pontiff and was scrutinized for comparisons with those of his ...

"I love Cardinal Dolan. He's the wonderful shepherd of this huge flock in the metropolitan New York area," one mass-goer said ...

In his first Christmas “Urbi et Orbi” message as pope, Leo XIV urged the world to embrace “responsibility” as the sure way to peace, while pointing in particular to the suffering of people in Gaza, ...

The U.S.-born pope also lamented the situation for migrants and refugees who "traverse the American continent." ...

Leo, the first American pontiff, said the story of Jesus's birth showed that God had "pitched his fragile tent" among the ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated the first Christmas since his election by denouncing the suffering of people of Gaza – taking shelter in tents from the “rain, wind and cold” – and by calling for the guns to ...