Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Leo, the first US pope, emerges as pointed Trump critic

In recent weeks the pope has emerged as a sharp critic of the Iran war.

Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Pope Leo urges Monaco, tax haven of billionaires, to help needy

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Pope Leo calls war in Middle East a 'scandal' to humanity

Pope Leo XIV stands in the Sistine Chapel among cardinals after being elected, at the Vatican, 8 May 2025. Photo: Vatican Media/­Francesco Sforza/Handout via REUTERS/ File

Cardinal found with phone during secret conclave to elect Pope Leo, book says

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Palestinians have right to live in peace in 'own land': Pope Leo

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In first Christmas sermon, Pope Leo decries conditions for Palestinians in Gaza

Pope Leo XIV meets the heads of Italy’s Security Intelligence System on the centenary of its foundation, Bruno Valensise, director of Italy’s domestic intelligence agency AISI (Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Interna), Giovanni Caravelli, director of foreign intelligence agency AISE (Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Esterna), Vittorio Rizzi, director of DIS (Dipartimento delle Informazioni per la Sicurezza), and Undersecretary Alfredo Mantovano, who oversees Italy’s intelligence services as part of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, at the Vatican, December 12, 2025. Photo: Vatican Media/­Simone Risoluti/Handout via REUTERS

Pope tells Italian spies not to smear politicians or journalists

Pope Leo XIV visits the Sultanahmet Mosque, known as the Blue Mosque, during his first apostolic journey, in Istanbul, Turkey, November 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Pope removes shoes but doesn't pray on visit to Istanbul's Blue Mosque

Pope Leo XIV meets with Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla during a private audience at the Vatican October 23, 2025. Photo: Reuters

King Charles and Pope Leo pray together in a 500‑year first

Pope Leo XIV greets people on the day he holds a Jubilee audience on the occasion of the Jubilee of Catechists in St.Peter's Square at the Vatican, 27 September, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Francesco Fotia

Pope Leo's critique of Trump ends honeymoon with conservative Catholics

A person holds up an artwork on the day Pope Leo XIV leads a Holy Mass for the canonisation of Carlo Acutis, a British-born Italian boy who will become the first millennial to be made a Catholic saint, and Pier Giorgio Frassati, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, September 7, 2025. REUTERS/Matteo Minnella

Pope Leo declares teen computer whiz Carlo Acutis the first millennial saint

Pope Leo XIV leads the Angelus prayer in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, July 20, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Pope Leo calls for end to 'barbarity of war' after strike on Gaza church