The Vatican has a long history of conflict mediation, with varying degrees of success. An effort by the pope to end the war ...

Pope Leo XIV holds his first general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, issuing an appeal for Gaza, which he calls ...

On Sunday, following his first Sunday mass as leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV met with Ukrainian President ...

The Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, has confirmed that Pope Leo XIV has agreed to make the Vatican available for ...

Ukraine sees the new pontiff as an ally in the Vatican as Kyiv strives to bolster international pressure on Moscow to halt ...

Pope Leo XIV and U.S. Vice President JD Vance have met ahead of a flurry of U.S.-led diplomatic efforts to make progress on a ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Russian leaders would present their terms for a ceasefire soon. Italian leader ...

Pope Leo XIV has met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after his inaugural Mass in the Vatican, where he delivered a ...

Pope Leo XIV has called for humanitarian aid to reach the Gaza Strip and for an end to the “heartbreaking” toll on its people ...

Pope Leo XIV is calling for humanitarian aid to enter Gaza amid an Israeli blockade and also urging for peace in Ukraine and Russia — even offering to host negotiations at the Vatican.

Pope Leo XIV meets Ukraine's President Zelenskyy after the formal inauguration of his pontificate in St Peter's Square, at ...

International pressure is mounting on Israel following a nearly three-month blockade of humanitarian aid into Gaza and a ...