Patient Zero in the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak has been identified as ornithologist Leo Schilperoord, whose passion for ...

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday criticized those who “manipulate religion” for political and military gain amid a feud with President Trump. “Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for ...

On his recent trip abroad, Leo XIV made some of his most forthright comments since becoming pope last year, but grew uncomfortable at how that criticism was interpreted. By Motoko Rich Motoko Rich ...

ROME − A priest celebrates a weekday mass for a couple of dozen faithful at the Basilica of St. Augustine, the main Augustinian church in the Italian capital. The congregation’s thin voices echo amid ...

BAMENDA, Cameroon (AP) — Pope Leo XIV blasted the "handful of tyrants" who are ravaging Earth with war and exploitation, as he preached a message of peace Thursday in the epicenter of a separatist ...

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd gathering as he arrives to meet with bishops at the Parish of our Lady of Fatima in Luanda on the eighth day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa, on April 20, 2026 ...

If you think the clash between Pope Leo XIV and President Donald Trump is just a war of words that will pass when the news cycle moves on, you are most likely mistaken. Their public spat is part of a ...

An unusual feud between President Donald Trump and the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV, has broken out in recent days over the United States and Israel's war with Iran, even drawing in other ...

Pope Leo XIV said it is not in his interest to debate President Donald Trump, pushing back at reporting about the escalating war of words between the two men. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

In the 1950s the Catholic Bishop Fulton J. Sheen had a half-hour prime-time TV show on Tuesday nights called “Life Is Worth Living.” It addressed the issues of the day through the lens of Catholic ...

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Leo XIV said Saturday that it was “not in my interest at all” to debate U.S. President Donald Trump about the Iran war, but that he would continue preaching the Gospel ...

The Catholic Church faces grave challenges in Latin America. A wave of conversions to Protestantism and a surge of defections to secularism have weakened the church’s once-ironclad hold. In the 1960s, ...