The US and European leaders are placing their hopes in the Vatican to engage Russia and Ukraine in peace talks, after ...

The Vatican has a deep history of conflict mediation, with varying degrees of success. An effort by the pope to end the war ...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said in a statement on Tuesday that Pope Leo had confirmed during a phone call with her ...

Vice President JD Vance met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the first time since their squabble in the Oval ...

Pope Leo XIV and U.S. Vice President JD Vance are meeting ahead of a flurry of U.S.-led diplomatic efforts to make progress ...

Although many signs point to the Vatican as a neutral location for Russia and Ukraine to engage in dialogue, reservations ...

Vance, a Catholic convert, had led the US delegation to the formal Mass opening the pontificate of the first American pope.

Pope Leo's messages and interactions – with a clear emphasis on both peace and justice, as well as dialogue – have already ...

Amid escalating global interest in resolving the Russia–Ukraine war, Pope Leo XIV offered the Vatican as a neutral ground for ...

The world is watching as the war between Russia and Ukraine continues, with no clear end in sight. Amid this ongoing conflict ...

VATICAN CITY — Two weeks after ascending the throne of Saint Peter, the first pope from the United States is being floated by world leaders for another pivotal role: peacemaker between Ukraine ...

Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy presented Pope Leo XIV with a religious icon, painted on wood that had seen the ...