Vatican

Pope Leo urges Monaco, tax haven of billionaires, to help needy

Pope Leo (left) meets with Prince Albert II of Monaco during a private audience in the Prince's Palace of Monaco in Monte Carlo.

Pope Leo names Australian bishop to lead Vatican’s legal office

Pope Leo XIV holds the weekly general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 4, 2026. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

Catholics may receive organ transplants from animals, Vatican says

The Vatican first greenlit transplants of animal tissues to humans in 2001.

Belgian bishop challenges Pope Leo to allow married priests by 2028

Pope Leo XIV arrives to hold the weekly general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 18, 2026. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

Top Vatican cardinal urges Trump, Israel to end war 'as soon as possible'

A destroyed vehicle amid rubble at the site of a strike on a residential building, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 16, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Pope Leo calls universal healthcare a ‘moral imperative’

Pope Leo XIV holds the weekly general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 18, 2026. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

Pope Leo says Christians who start wars should go to confession

Pope Leo XIV waves on the day he holds the weekly general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 11, 2026. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

Cuba says it has opened talks with U.S. as oil blockade takes toll

Teresa Rodriguez, 58, looks at Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel on state television, as Diaz-Canel said the country has opened talks with the U.S. government amid a severe economic crisis and as the Communist government has come under increasing pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, in Havana, Cuba March 13, 2026. REUTERS/Norlys Perez

Pope prays ‘roar of the bombs’ in Middle East will cease

Pope Leo XIV leads the Angelus prayer from the window of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican, March 8, 2026. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS

Pope Leo names former envoy to Duterte’s Philippines as ambassador to US

Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, greets parishioners before Mass for the late Pope Francis, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, U.S., April 26, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

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