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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV called Wednesday for humanitarian aid to reach the Gaza Strip and for an end to the ...

The village of Dolton, Ill., has stepped in to buy the modest house where Pope Leo XIV spent some of his childhood. It may ...

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Newly inaugurated Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday made an appeal to end hostility in Gaza and called for humanitarian aid to enter ...

Israeli strikes continued to pound the Gaza Strip Wednesday, killing at least 82 people, including several women and a ...

There’s no record the new pope ever identified as Black, and he may never have researched his family’s roots in New Orleans.

The new pontiff's comments, in line with his position on global conflict, come as Israel begins allowing a trickle of aid in that humanitarians say is not enough.

VATICAN CITY — Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV called for humanitarian aid to be allowed into war-torn Gaza, decrying the violence and suffering in the Middle East during his first general audience as pope ...

Pope Leo XIV holds his first general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, issuing an appeal for Gaza, which he calls ...