Mr Abbas arrived in Rome on Wednesday and visited the Basilica of St Mary Major to pay his respects at the tomb of Pope Francis. Over the years, Mr Abbas had met Pope Francis several times, ...

Led by Pope Leo XIV and the Global South, the Catholic Church will present a united front at COP30, advocating for climate ...

Pope Leo XIV is getting used to being pope at the six-month mark, following his shock election in May and sharp learning ...

Pope Leo welcomed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to the Vatican to celebrate the 10th anniversary of a ...

The procession was one of many such actions carried out by Catholics across the country, a sign of both Catholic solidarity ...

The Vatican recognized Palestine a decade ago, and Pope Leo has backed statehood, even if that looks increasingly unlikely.

The pope and Abbas spoke about “an urgent need to provide assistance to the civilian population in Gaza and to end the ...

While it was their first meeting in person, Pope Leo and Abbas had spoken by telephone in July when the fighting was still ...

Officials are calling the move the first known return of Catholic-owned land to an Indigenous tribe as an act of reparations ...

The Vatican said on Monday that priests cannot bless same-sex unions, disappointing LGBT+ Catholics who had hoped that the ...

While Francis began to entertain the thoughts of how the church’s style and leadership can change, he got lots of pushback especially from conservative Catholics in the U.S. Leo is well aware of this ...