The pontiff held his first meeting with the news media at the Vatican and called on reporters to choose “the path of communication in favor of peace.”

Pope Leo XIV has called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza with the release of hostages and delivery of humanitarian aid in his first Sunday noon blessing as po

Pope Leo XIV conducted a private Mass at the tomb of St. Peter in the Vatican Grottoes, after which he prayed silently at the tombs of his predecessors. In his homily, he spoke about the Good Shepherd,