Pope Leo XIV condemned the death penalty right after President Donald Trump reintroduced execution by firing squad in the U.S ...

The death penalty is permitted in more than two dozen of the 50 U.S. states, although in several states it is no longer ...

The pontiff issued a video condemning the death penalty at an event marking 15 years since Illinois abolished the sentence ...

Rumors about Leo swirled online amid tensions between the Trump administration and the Vatican over the Iran war and U.S. foreign policy.

Pope Leo has taken another swipe at President Donald Trump and his administration. Mere hours after the Justice Department ...

The American pontiff said debates over sexuality should not define the church, while making clear he would not move beyond ...

On his recent trip abroad, Leo XIV made some of his most forthright comments since becoming pope last year, but grew ...

The final moments of Pope Leo XIV’s 11-day apostolic journey to Africa were more than the Eucharistic celebration at ...

Life is not defined solely by one’s mistakes,” the pope told inmates being held in a port city of Equatorial Guinea.

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Leo expressed frustration Thursday that U.S. and Iranian leaders have not been able to get the ...

Pope Leo reiterated the Catholic Church's teaching that the death penalty is "inadmissible," in a video message released ...

The pontiff issued a statement declaring his opposition to the death penalty based on the Church's teachings shortly after ...