With their spiritual enthusiasm and vitality, [migrants] can help revitalize ecclesial communities that have become rigid and ...

The pontiff spent a period of rest July 6–22 in the Italian town of Castel Gandolfo about 15 miles from Rome on the shores of ...

Development financing to Southeast Asia is expected to fall by more than $2bn in 2026 due to recent cutbacks by Western ...

Pope Leo XIV is starting a six-week vacation this weekend at the papal summer retreat south of Rome. It's his first break since his historic election in May. People who ...

DOLTON, Ill. (WLS) -- The Dolton Village Board voted unanimously to purchase Pope Leo XIV 's childhood home on Tuesday night. Now that the decision has been made, village officials say they hope ...

In October 2025, Timor-Leste will be officially admitted to ASEAN as its 11th member state. This will mark the realization of the long-standing aspiration for regional integration the young ...

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The contrasts are glaring. In one case, Pope Leo XIV — then known as Bishop Robert Prevost — sided with victims of sexual abuse, locking horns with powerful Catholic figures in Peru.

In this volatile era, this means France cannot be relied upon as a dependable ally in U.S. efforts to stabilize the Middle East.

Pope Leo said on Thursday that conflicts in the Middle East were raging with an unprecedented "diabolical intensity" and appealed for greater respect for international law, in comments to Catholic ...

In the Middle East, the Iranian regime is the Islamist phenomenon’s last lifeline. That lifeline is now much weaker. Were the regime to fall, Middle Eastern Islamism as we know it would fall as ...

Pope Leo XIV condemned the suicide bombing at a Damascus church, calling it "a cowardly terrorist attack" as he appealed to the international community not to give up on Syria. He also called for ...