Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pope Leo XIV stands on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica during his first Sunday blessing. From the balcony of St. Peter ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader of the Catholic Church, previously known as Robert Francis Prevost, gave his first Sunday blessing as pope and called for peace in the Ukraine-Russia conflict ...

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican as he leads, for the first time, the midday recitation of the "Regina Coeli" prayer May 11, 2025. (CNS ...

Pope Leo XIV has appealed to world leaders to pursue peace, not war, in his first Sunday address to crowds in St Peter’s Square, Vatican City. The new pope, formally Cardinal Robert Prevost, called ...

In his first Sunday blessing, Pope Leo XIV called for peace in Ukraine and Gaza and repeated the call for "never again war." Unlike his predecessors, Leo went to the very center of the square and the ...

(JTA) — Pope Leo XIV spoke directly about Gaza in his first Sunday address since being elected on Thursday, marking his first public comments as pope about the 19-month-old war between Israel and ...

Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff that featured some symbolic gestures suggesting a message ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo XIV appealed to the world's major powers for "no more war" in his first Sunday message to crowds in St. Peter's Square since his election as pontiff. The new pope, ...

“I, too, address the world's great powers by repeating the ever-present call ‘never again war,’” Leo said from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica to an estimated 100,000 people below. It was the first ...