Pope Leo XIV urged peace as violence spread in Iran and the Middle East, but his "war is never holy" quote came from a previous speech in October 2025 ...

One striking feature of the current crisis is how widely the possibility of war was discounted. In the logic of deterrence politics, credibility matters. If threats are not believed, they fail. Yet if ...

ROME — Pope Leo XIV called Monday for an end to the U.S.-Israel war in Iran , issuing a new but still muted appeal as two of his U.S. cardinals condemned the war, rejected the rationale for launching ...

Archbishop Gabriele Caccia is the Vatican's new ambassador to the United States. He will be a liaison between Rome and the ...

Pope Leo XIV has named Archbishop Gabriele Caccia as the Vatican's ambassador to the United States, selecting a seasoned diplomat to serve as a crucial ...

Iran’s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard answers to the supreme leader, and now the younger Khamenei will have the ...

At his Sunday Angelus, the Pope voiced alarm over violence and fear spreading from Iran across the region. Leo also reminded the faithful that the encounter with Christ stirs in the depths of each ...

Fighting across the Middle East intensified Sunday as Israel struck southern Lebanon, Beirut and oil storage facilities in Tehran.

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday named a veteran Vatican diplomat as his new ambassador to the United States to manage one of the ...

Pope Leo XIV has named Archbishop Gabriele Caccia as the Vatican's papal ambassador, also known as the apostolic nuncio, to the United States.

He will serve as a key contact with President Donald Trump's administration amid the ongoing Iran war and immigration crackdown ...