The Vatican’s top diplomat on Monday condemned both Hamas’ "inhuman and indefensible" Oct. 7 attacks and Israel’s "ongoing massacre" in Gaza, warning that even legitimate self-defense cannot justify ...

On Tuesday evening, Oct. 28, Pope Leo made a forceful appeal for peace at Rome’s Colosseum and in the presence of representatives of the world’s main religions.

(RNS) — Those who hoped that Pope Leo XIV would back away from Pope Francis’ concerns about global warming and the environment were severely disappointed last week. Instead, Leo firmly embraced the ...

Pope Leo XIV called President Trump’s Gaza peace plan “realistic” when talking to reporters Tuesday. “So far it seems a realistic proposal,” the pope said, according to Vatican News, also saying he ...