Vice President JD Vance asked the Vatican to “stick to matters of morality” amid Pope Leo XIV’s Iran war concerns. Catholic theologians say war and other public policies are “matters of morality.” Vice President JD Vance arrives on Air Force Two on April 12, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, …

En route from Cameroon to Angola, the pope said his mission in Africa is pastoral and rejected suggestions that his recent remarks were aimed at President Donald Trump. Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists aboard the papal plane en route to Quatro de Fevereiro Airport in Luanda, Angola, Saturday, April …

Faced with the destructive power of modern weapons, it is very difficult to speak, as was done in past centuries, of the possibility of a ‘just war.’ As early as 1963, Pope John XXIII, in ‘Pacem in Terris,’ wrote that in the atomic age it becomes almost impossible to think …

Politicians and faith leaders around the world condemned President Donald Trump’s comments about the American pontiff. President Donald Trump speaks to the press outside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 13, 2026. Trump refused to apologize Monday for criticizing Pope Leo XIV, after the …

Aboard the papal flight to Algeria, Leo said he is not a politician and will continue to preach the Gospel’s call for peace and multilateral dialogue. Pope Leo XIV speaks to reporters aboard the papal plane to Algeria on April 13, 2026. Credit: Marco Mancini/EWTN News. By Angela Ambrogetti, Marco Mancini April …

The liturgy was part of a global response to Pope Leo XIV’s appeal to pray amid ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Robert Cardinal McElroy delivers the homily at the vigil Mass for peace at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Washington, D.C., Saturday, April 11, 2026. | Credit: …

During Pope Leo XIV’s Prayer Vigil for Peace in the world, the Pope appeals to leaders of nations to stop and sit at the table of dialogue and mediation, “not at the table where rearmament is planned and deadly actions are decided!” He also insists that the Church will always …

The Vatican responded to a media report claiming Cardinal Christophe Pierre, then-papal envoy to the U.S., received “a bitter lecture” in a meeting with U.S. defense officials. Cardinal Christophe Pierre, former apostolic nuncio to the United States. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News By Hannah Brockhaus April 10, 2026 at 9:37 AM …

The Prayer Vigil for Peace with Pope Leo XIV from St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.

Addressing journalists in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo XIV asks “all people of goodwill to always search for peace and to reject war,” calls for a return to the negotiating table to pursue peaceful solutions, and notes that attacks on civilian infrastructure are against international law. By Deborah Castellano Lubov “Search …