Pope Leo decried the use of military force as a means of achieving diplomatic goals on Friday (Jan 9), delivering an ...

Pope Leo XIV, a native of Chicago, told an assembly of diplomats at the Vatican that he was alarmed that 'war is back in ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — In his most substantial critique of U.S., Russian and other military incursions in sovereign countries, ...

Pope Leo XIV issued a harsh rebuke to global leaders as he condemned “diplomacy based on force” and an increasing “zeal for ...

His remarks were made during his annual global address, dubbed the state of the world, made before from myriad nations’ ...

Pope Leo XIV has delivered a stark warning that the world is sliding towards catastrophic conflict, declaring that 'war is ...

The pontiff used an annual address to ambassadors to the Vatican to condemn countries that prioritized violence over ...

War is back in vogue, and a zeal for war is spreading,” Pope Leo XIV said in a forceful address on Jan. 9 to ambassadors from ...

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Pope Leo's remarks were pointed given the events of recent days, including the Trump administration’s military operation in ...

The pontiff also stressed the "inalienable rights" of migrants and incarcerated people and condemned what he described as the "progressive institutional marginalization" of the family worldwide.

Pope Leo XIV has said the prohibition on countries violating one another’s borders has been “completely undermined,” in an ...