VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV vowed to take “every effort” Wednesday to work for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine and to actively promote the spirituality and traditions of the eastern rite churches ...

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Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural mass was held Sunday in St. Peter’s Square. The new pope, a Chicago-born former missionary in Peru, is the first American to lead the Catholic Church. He has pledged to ...

Pope Leo XIV leaves the Augustinian General House in Rome after a visit, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis) VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed to take “every effort” Wednesday to ...