Pope Leo on Sunday described those who wage wars and appropriate the earth`s resources as thieves who rob the world of a peaceful future...

Iranians take part in a mass burial for students martyred in a US-Israeli airstrike against a girls` elementary school in the city of Minab, southern Iran...

Pope Leo XIV speaks as he attends a meeting with the authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps in Luanda, Angola on April 18, 2026...

Pope Leo XIV says it is "not in my interest at all" to debate U...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) speaks during a news conference after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 14, 2026, in Washington...

Pope Leo XIV presides over the Prayer Vigil for Peace at St Peter`s Basilica, on April 11, 2026 in Vatican City, Vatican...

Pope Leo XIV delivers a video message on June 14, 2025, during a public celebration in his honor hosted by the Chicago White Sox and the Archdiocese of Chicago to mark his election as the new pontiff, Rate Field, Chicago...

Pope Leo XIV at St Peter`s Square in The Vatican on Wednesday...

Pope Leo XIV at St Peter`s Square in The Vatican on Wednesday...

This photo from files released by the US Department of Justice shows Steve Bannon (left) and Jeffrey Epstein...

This photo from files released by the US Department of Justice shows Steve Bannon (left) and Jeffrey Epstein...

Pope Leo XIV arrives to celebrate Mass on the Day of the Epiphany of the Lord inside St...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday underscored the importance of safeguarding Venezuelan sovereignty after U...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday underscored the importance of safeguarding Venezuelan sovereignty after U...

Pope Leo XIV leads the weekly general audience in Saint Peter`s Square in Vatican City on Wednesday...

The combo photo shows Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (R) and Leo XIV, leader of the Catholic Church...

Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in war-torn lands...

Pope Francis looks on to lead the prayer from his window, at the Vatican, December 17, 2023...

The Vatican told Reuters news agency that Pope Francis will meet next Wednesday with a delegation of Palestinians with family in Gaza and with families of captives being held by Hamas in the enclave...

Combo photo of Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi (R) and leader of the Catholic Church Pope Francis (via president...

Pope Francis addresses the crowd from the window of the apostolic palace overlooking St...

Palestinians gather to collect water, amid shortages of drinking water, as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip October 15, 2023 Pope Francis has called for the establishment of humanitarian corridors to allow the delivery of essentials to the besieged Gaza Strip, which is under heavy Israeli bombardment...

Pope Francis holds a news conference as he returns to the Vatican following his apostolic journey to Hungary, aboard the plane, on April 30, 2023...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi has penned a letter congratulating Pope Francis on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Jesus Christ and the Gregorian New Year...

This photo, taken and handed out by the Vatican Media on June 3, 2020, shows Pope Francis holding a weekly, live-streamed, private audience from the library of the apostolic palace in the Vatican...

Pope Francis gathers his thoughts during Easter Sunday Mass on April 12, 2020 behind closed doors at St...

Pope Francis says arms sales by the United States and Europe are to blame for the deaths of people, including children, in such places as Yemen, Syria, and Afghanistan...