Pope Leo XIV has criticized President Donald Trump’s strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, warning that “war does not solve problems.” “Alarming news continues to emerge from the Middle East, ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem welcomes Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming visit to Lebanon, saying he has tasked members of the Iran-backed terror group with delivering a letter to the pontiff.

Aware of the deep concern this new act of violence has caused among Christians in this part of the world, Pope Leo offered these words of assurance: “I say to the Christians of the Middle East: I am ...

Pope Leo XIV denounced the “violent conflict [that] seems to be raging in the Christian East with a diabolical intensity previously unknown” and said the Christians of the West must do more to help ...

Pope Leo XIV has called on the world to stand with persecuted Christians after five Iranian converts were jailed for more than eight years. In June 2024, Hesameddin Mohammad Junaidi, Abolfazl ...

COMMENTARY: The Pope’s trip to Turkey and Lebanon yielded tangible results — strengthening Orthodox-Catholic ties and issuing ...

Today, the Land of the Cedars remains a delicate patchwork of identities, hopes, and unresolved tensions. Into this complex ...

Pope Leo will meet leaders from Lebanon's diverse religious sects on Monday and is expected to urge Lebanese not to abandon ...

Pope Leo lamented during his first trip outside Italy as Catholic leader on Thursday (Nov 27) that the world was seeing an unusual number of bloody conflicts, and warned that a third world war was ...

Father Masedu welcomed Pope Leo holding the same crucifix he once presented to Pope Francis.

Visiting Pope Leo XIV urged the Lebanese people on Sunday to embrace reconciliation and remain in their crisis-hit country, ...