“May the instruments of war give way to those of peace through inclusive and constructive dialogue!”

“When we hear the cries of those in difficulty,” Pope Leo XIV said, “let us ask ourselves: Are we witnesses to the Father’s love, as Christ was to all?”

Pope Leo XIV received purebred Arabian horse ahead of the weekly General Audience, which he received from a pilgrim from Poland.

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday called on world leaders to show responsibility as he urged the international community to focus on the multitudes across the globe who face hunger, wars and misery.

The Vatican’s child protection board said Thursday the Catholic Church has a moral obligation to help victims of clergy sexual abuse heal, and identified financial reparations and sanctions for...