•Pope Leo XIV Pope Leo XIV today hailed a deal on ending the Middle East war announced between Iran and the United States as the result of “encouraging work in dialogue and negotiation”. The United States and Iran agreed this week to a deal to end the conflict, and Leo expressed his “gratitude” to those […]
•Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd Pope Leo today arrived in Barcelona where he will celebrate mass in the Sagrada Familia Basilica and bless the new tower that has made it the world’s tallest church. On day four of his visit to Spain, Leo XIV took off from Madrid where he had given an […]
•Pope Leo XIV Pope Leo XIV yesterday issued an unprecedented apology for the Vatican’s role in justifying slavery, saying the delay in condemning the practice was “a wound in Christian memory”. In a major text warning about the risk of “new forms of slavery” behind the digital economy, Leo said church institutions owned slaves until […]...
•Pope Leo XIV Pope Leo XIV will release today his long-awaited manifesto on artificial intelligence (AI), a bid to address ethical and social challenges as the technology rapidly develops worldwide. The US Pope will attend the presentation of the “Magnifica Humanitas” (Magnificent Humanity) encyclical at the Vatican in person — a first for the...
•Pope Leo XIV and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in The Vatican Top US diplomat, Marco Rubio, went to the Vatican today for talks with the first US pope, Leo XIV, against the backdrop of sharp tensions between the White House and the Vatican. The US secretary of state’s visit comes after Trump’s extraordinary […]
•Pope Leo XIV (C) waves from the Popemobile to the crowd as he arrives to lead a Holy Mass at the Yaounde Ville Airport, today Crowds filled the streets to welcome Pope Leo XIV today as he arrived in Angola, the third leg of a landmark African tour marked by a war of words with […]
Industrialist and philanthropist Aliko Dangote has been named among TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World for 2026. Dangote joins global influential figures from multiple sectors, including political leaders such as U.S. President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Canadian...
•Pope Leo XIV Pope Leo XIV today condemned the widening “chasms between the poor and the rich” during a visit to the tiny Catholic principality of Monaco, a playground of millionaires on the French Riviera. He arrived in Monaco for a whirlwind visit to the tiny Catholic principality, a millionaire’s playground that is the surprise […]...
•Pope Leo XIV Pope Leo XIV has urged Catholic organisations to include a direct feed of official Vatican news on their websites as the Holy See battles a flood of AI-generated content. Vatican News, the Holy See’s official news outlet, reported today that the pontiff had written to bishops inviting them to use the feed […]
•Pope Leo XIV (C) performs the Christmas Eve mass at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, yesterday Pope Leo XIV held the first Christmas mass of his pontificate, greeting thousands of faithful gathered in St Peter’s Square before the service. During the mass, Leo said Christmas was a feast of “faith, charity and hope” and […]...

