Vatican

Jesus gets a makeover as Sistine Chapel artwork undergoes restoration

FILE PHOTO: Cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel - which has Michelangelo's soaring Last Judgment on one wall - to begin the conclave in order to elect a successor to Pope Benedict March 12, 2013. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano/File Photo

Force won’t bring true peace for Taiwan, president tells Pope Leo in letter

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te poses for photo after inspecting reservists operating a Taiwan made Hummer 2 Drone during a training session at Loung Te Industrial Parks Service Center in Yilan, Taiwan December 2, 2025. REUTERS/Ann Wang

Pope Leo calls for end to anti-Semitism worldwide

Pope Leo XIV attends the weekly general audience at the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, January 28, 2026. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

Pope warns against risks of AI algorithms

Pope Leo XIV warned that AI tools increase “the difficulty of distinguishing between reality and simulation”.

Pope Leo invited to join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’, cardinal says

Pope Leo - the first US pope and a critic of some of US President Donald Trump’s policies - is said to be evaluating the invitation to join Mr Trump's so-called "Board of Peace".

Top US Catholic cardinals question morality of American foreign policy

FILE PHOTO: Cardinals Joseph Tobin and Blase Cupich attend a press conference following the election of Pope Leo XIV, at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, Italy, May 9, 2025. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo

Pope Leo to visit Angola as part of an Africa tour, Vatican envoy says

Pope Leo XIV gestures during the weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, January 7, 2026. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo

Pope Leo meets Venezuelan opposition leader Machado at Vatican

FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV holds the weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, January 7, 2026. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo

Listen to abuse victims, Pope tells cardinals

Pope Leo XIV said the abuse of children and vulnerable adults by priests was still a “wound” in the Catholic Church.

Pope Leo urges kindness to foreigners in closing Catholic Holy Year

Pope Leo closed the Catholic Church’s Holy Year on Jan 6 by sealing shut the special “Holy Door” in St Peter’s Basilica.

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