Pope Leo urged Russia to take steps towards ending the war in Ukraine when he spoke to President Vladimir Putin for the first time, the Vatican said on June 4. "The pope made an appeal for Russia to ...

Pope Leo XIV welcomed Ukrainian Greek Catholic pilgrims to the Vatican on June 28, saying their country has been "martyred" by Russia's "senseless war." Greek Catholicism is Ukraine's second-largest ...

Like his predecessor, the late Pope Francis, Leo is advocating for peace in the middle east, but also taking a more proactive stance regarding the war in Ukraine. Pope Leo XIV held his first general ...

The best way to describe him is as the anti-polarization pope. His biggest issues are peace and unity. He knows he’s ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's letter asked that Pope Leo formalize Pope Francis' informal arrangement in which ...

"This first international trip will be a very public test of Leo's papacy," writes Fr. Thomas Reese. "I don't expect a home run on his first time at bat, but neither will he strike out. A base hit ...

Sen. Amy Klobuchar joined a delegation of Ukrainians forcibly taken to Russia during the war with Ukraine who met with Pope ...