But left unspoken at a Vatican meeting with film stars were the deep divisions over issues like abortion and homosexuality.

For the first time since the 16th century, the monarch of England and the bishop of Rome prayed together last week. The step is a gesture of ecumenical friendship, according to two British Catholic ...

History was made in the Sistine Chapel on Thursday as Pope Leo XIV and King Charles III prayed side by side, marking the first time since the Protestant Reformation that a reigning British monarch and ...

As the ceasefire took hold this weekend, Pope Leo XIV called it “a spark of hope in the Holy Land.” To understand the new pope’s approach to Israel, after he came into his role at a time of unusually ...

“Seldom in history have a man’s four-score years been turned with greater joy to all men who seek peace and righteousness here on earth, with greater and holier triumph following long days when bodily ...

The Catholic Church celebrated the feast of St. Pius X on Aug. 21 — an influential pope at the turn of the 20th century whose warnings about the heresy of “modernism” help shine light on the ...

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Friday for a peaceful end to the “increasingly deafening violence” of wars around the world as he celebrated a Catholic feast day on the same day as a ...

Pope Leo XIV on June 18 renewed his strong call for peace, urging people to not “get used to war.” Addressing pilgrims at the end of Wednesday’s general audience, the pontiff lamented that “the Church ...

Al Pacino met with Pope Leo XIV on Monday at the Vatican, in what is the first reported official audience between the first American pope and a movie star. “We are honored to announce that this ...

Pope Leo XIV met Al Pacino and film producer Andrea Iervolino to talk about their film 'Maserati: The Brothers,' according to Iervolino. By Lily Ford Hollywood A-lister Al Pacino became the first ...