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We are all invited to overcome the scandal of the divisions that unfortunately still exist and to nurture the desire for unity for which the Lord Jesus prayed and gave his life,” Pope Leo XIV said.

Lebanon needed this embrace.” The words went out over a social media platform, made more poignant for the accompanying image ...

After a low-profile start to his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV is stepping into the limelight with his first foreign trip after six months in office.

Before some of the biggest names on the silver screen, Pope Leo XIV, a noted film aficionado, praised the prophetic power of cinema and lamented what he called the "troubling decline" of movie ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.) Listen When Catholics around the world welcomed the ...

The first American pope is making his first overseas trip this week to Turkey and Lebanon. He will mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea in a town not far from present-day Istanbul.

Reuters published some 1.6 million photos in 2025, capturing the personal and the political, triumph and tragedy, as ...

Ahead of the Archdiocese of Toronto’s Jubilee pilgrimage, spiritual director Fr. Tim Hanley and on-the-ground coordinator Neil MacCarthy urged the 108 pilgrims to meet any mishaps with grace.

Turkey Mideast Pope Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Eastern Orthodox Christians leave after a doxology service at the Patriarchal Church of ...