Robert Prevost has been elected as the new pope and will be known as Leo XIV. Formerly US Cardinal Robert Prevost, the 69-year-old becomes the first pope from the United States, while also holding ...

In Magnifica Humanitas, the pope says just war theory is "outdated," condemns lethal AI weapons and asks pardon for the church's delayed condemnation of slavery.

Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical sets out the Church’s social teaching for the age of artificial intelligence. Read the complete document below.

Pope Leo advised world leaders to end conflicts and turn to peace in his Easter address on April 5 in St. Peter's Square, his first since becoming pope in May 2025. The pope's speech came as the Iran ...

Pope Leo XIV said the world is "being ravaged by a handful of tyrants" and decried world leaders who "manipulate" religion and the name of God for military gain in a speech in Cameroon on April 16, as ...

The pontiff also warned of a "new digital slaveries" in his first encyclical since becoming Pope last year.

In an escalation of tensions between the US and Vatican City, the Pentagon took the unprecedented step of summoning Pope Leo XIV's ambassador to the US for a closed-door meeting, where American ...