Pope Leo XIV marked the start of Advent on Saturday with an appeal for unity and peace, telling thousands gathered for Mass in Istanbul that Christians “journey as if on a bridge that connects earth ...

IZNIK, Turkey —On the second day of his inaugural foreign trip, Pope Leo XIV visited the site where early Christian leaders met 1,700 years ago for the First Council of Nicaea — the gathering that ...

Pope Leo meets President Erdogan at start of first overseas trip Leo visiting Turkey and Lebanon from November 27 to December 2 Pope says 'the future of humanity is at stake' amid conflicts Leo ...

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Pope Leo XIV celebrating Mass at the waterfront in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday.Credit...Diego Ibarra Sanchez for The New York Times Supported by By The New York Times Leo XIV, the first pope from the ...

The pope chose a region rife with religious divisions and conflict for his first trip abroad. He arrived in Lebanon on Sunday after a few days in Turkey. By Motoko Rich Motoko Rich, the Rome bureau ...

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“The Exorcist” is conspicously absent from the list. The list, in this case, is the favorite four films of Pope Leo XIV, FKA Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago. The pontiff released the list via video ...

Pope Leo’s comments about abortion and what it means to be consistently pro-life have sparked backlash. “Someone who says I’m against abortion but is in favor of the death penalty is not really ...

ROME -- Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday named a successor to embattled New Orleans Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond, two weeks after the archdiocese agreed to a $230 million proposed settlement for survivors of ...