VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV e couraged people to fast on Friday and dspray for peace and justice in the Middle East and Ukraine, issuing a special appeal as he returned to the Vatican from summer ...

Marking Ukraine's Independence Day, Pope Leo XIV pledged his prayers for the Ukrainian people in a message to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and encouraged Catholics to respond to Ukrainian religious ...

Archbishop Borys Gudziak, president of Ukrainian Catholic University and Metropolitan-Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic ...

(RNS) — In an earlier message, Leo also made an appeal for peace in Ukraine, entrusting the country to the Virgin Mary. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV sent a letter to Ukrainian President Volodymyr ...

Pope Leo renewed his appeal for peace in Ukraine, which marks the country's independence from the Soviet Union. During his traditional weekly address from the Vatican, the Pope encouraged faithful to ...

Today, World Mission Day, Leo XIV canonised seven blessed individuals, including the Armenian Ignatius Maloyan, martyr of the genocide, and Peter To Rot, the first saint of Papua New Guinea. At the An ...

Speaking to reporters at Castel Gandolfo on Aug. 19, Pope Leo XIV expressed hope for an end to the war in Ukraine but noted that hard work and prayer are needed so that the peace negotiations may bear ...

It took 18 months to make the icon, which was then transferred from a workshop in Lviv, in the west of the country.

Aug. 22’s day of prayer and fasting for peace, at the invitation of Pope Leo XIV, was a customary Christian response to violent wars the world over. Some observers have noted that Leo’s initiative ...

Humanitarian aid is airdropped to Palestinians over Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (Credit: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP.) Listen On Friday, Catholics have been called to pray and fast ...