VATICAN CITY -- Celebrating Easter Sunday, Christianity's most joyous and hopeful day, Pope Francis prayed for peace in Ukraine and Syria and for an end to the terrorist attacks in Nigeria that have ...

"Never again war," Pope Leo XIV echoed his predecessor, the late Pope Francis, in the newly-chosen pontiff's first Regina Coeli prayer in St Peter's Square in front of the faithful on Sunday. An ...

(NewsNation) — In his first Sunday blessing since being elected to the pontificate, Pope Leo XIV called for peace and ceasefires in Gaza and Ukraine. “I, too, address the world’s great powers by ...

Thousands turn out to hear annual message. — -- On a rainy afternoon in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis urged the world to pray for peace and for Christians to be more humble in his annual ...

Pope Leo XIV appears at the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica for his first Sunday blessing after his election, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 11, 2025.(AP Photo/Gregorio ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader of the Catholic Church, previously known as Robert Francis Prevost, gave his first Sunday blessing as pope and called for peace in the Ukraine-Russia conflict ...

Pope Francis blessed a crowd awaiting his arrival in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, after meeting with Vice President JD Vance and the Vatican's celebration of Easter Mass. The 88-year-old pope ...

In his first Sunday blessing, Pope Leo XIV called for peace in Ukraine and Gaza and repeated the call for "never again war." Unlike his predecessors, Leo went to the very center of the square and the ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff that featured some symbolic gestures ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff that featured some symbolic gestures ...