Leo XIV stated that his intention is to 'persevere in the effort to reestablish full visible communion between our Churches..

During that time, his friendship with Giovanni Battista Montini (the future Pope Paul VI), whom he had met in Paris in 1924, was strengthened.

He was held in forced domicile at a monastery, and in 1969 he was named cardinal in pectore, or to be kept a secret, by Pope Paul VI. He died in forced domicile in 1970.

Just as Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II worked to defeat the USSR, Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV can confront Putin’s Russia. In recent history, the most influential pope in global politics ...

In the letter, published on the feast of St. Pope Paul VI, the bishops also urged the government to stop persecution of human rights advocates and free Salvadorans who have been wrongfully detained.

Pope Leo XIV told cardinals at the Vatican last month that artificial intelligence “pose[s] challenges to human dignity, justice and labor.” ...

It was Pope Paul VI, for instance, who continued the 1962-65 Second Vatican Council after Pope John XXIII died in 1963. Early in his papacy, Francis himself completed an encyclical, Lumen Fidei ...

Al Pacino met Pope Leo XIV on Monday, June 16. "He was very excited and very happy to meet the Pope," film producer Andrea Iervolino, who was present for the meeting, tells PEOPLE.

Pope Leo Takes On AI as a Potential Threat to Humanity The new pope is making artificial intelligence a signature issue—but Silicon Valley is trying to win him over Share Resize 252 ...

The pope made a virtual appearance in his hometown of Chicago. Trump administration suspends enforcement of Biden-era farmworker rule Map shows states where risk of dementia is highest—are you ...

In honor of Pride Month and the recent election of a new pope, we're exploring the evolving relationship between LGBTQ+ people and the Catholic Church.

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 4, 2025 / 17:06 pm Pope Leo XIV spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call Wednesday afternoon. “The pope made an appeal for Russia to take a ...