Cindy Wooden, OSV News

VATICAN CITY  -- Pope Leo XIV asked children to pray in front of their Nativity scenes this Christmas and, especially, to pray "that all...

VATICAN CITY-- Pope Leo XIV and Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke by telephone Dec. 17, just days after a terrorist attack on a Hanukkah...

VATICAN CITY  -- For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily about...

VATICAN CITY -- The evening before meeting a group of conservative European politicians, Pope Leo XIV expressed disappointment at what appears to be a...

VATICAN CITY — Welcoming a group of new ambassadors to the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV told them, "The Holy See will not be a...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV asked Canadian singer Michael Bublé and other artists to do their very best when performing a Christmas concert...

BEIRUT -- Pope Leo XIV ended his stay in Lebanon with what he termed "a heartfelt appeal: may the attacks and hostilities cease." "We must...

LEBANON -- At the end of his first foreign trip as pope, a trip focused on dialogue, Pope Leo XIV said the examples of...

VATICAN CITY -- Visiting two countries over six days on his first foreign papal trip, Pope Leo XIV preached unity, dialogue and respect for...

HARISSA, Lebanon -- At a shrine topped by a 28-foot-tall statue of Our Lady of Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV listened to stories of unshakable...