Pope Leo XIV has offered to host a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine at the Vatican, while Cardinal Pietro Parolin called the failure of the two sides to reach a truce in Istanbul

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has extended an invitation to Pope Leo XIV to visit the United States during a meeting at the Vatican. Vance offered Leo a letter from U.S.

Pope Leo XIV accused Russia of aggression against Ukraine, accompanied by crimes against humanity, according to an interview with the pontiff for the Peruvian publication Semanario Expresión. The newly appointed head of the Catholic Church condemned Russia's war against Ukraine.

Russia’s contradictory messaging on Pope Francis’s death — and the strategy behind it - Exclusive: Analysis seen by The Independent found inconsistent messaging across Russian state-run outlets in the days following the death of Pope Francis,

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, on Thursday made his first American bishop appointment as he named Bishop Michael Pham as bishop of San Diego, California.