Pope Leo will keep Pope Francis' signature policies to welcome gay Catholics and discuss women's ordination, but is not planning big changes to Church teaching, he said in his first interview, released on Thursday. For @reuters.com:

Pope Leo criticized corporate pay packages offering executives much higher salaries than their employees in excerpts from his first media interview released on Sunday, citing Tesla's recent $1 trillion compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk. For @reuters.com:

U.S. President Donald Trump's new ambassador to the Vatican, a right-wing Catholic who was sharply critical of Pope Francis, tried to sweeten his diplomacy on Saturday in a meeting with Pope Leo, giving the pontiff a chocolate birthday cake. For @reuters.com:

Pope Leo has instructed the Catholic Church's newest bishops to confront sexual abuse by priests and not to hide allegations of misconduct, in a text released by the Vatican on Friday. For @reuters.com

Pope Leo is preparing to publish the first high-level document of his four-month papacy, which is expected to signal continuity with his predecessor Pope Francis and focus on the needs of the world's poor, three informed sources told @reuters.com:

Pope Leo, who typically refrains from speaking off the cuff, expressed unusually forceful concern on Tuesday about the consequences of Israel's strike in Qatar. For @reuters.com:

Pope Leo's recent forceful statements about the war in Gaza and his strong call for a ceasefire during a meeting last week with Israeli President Isaac Herzog showed the new leader of the Catholic Church developing a robust, if quiet, diplomatic style. For @reuters.com:

A teenager who died of leukaemia in 2006 became the first Catholic saint of the millennial generation on Sunday, in a Vatican ceremony led by Pope Leo and attended by thousands of young worshippers from dozens of countries. For @reuters.com:

Pope Leo discussed the "tragic situation in Gaza" during a meeting on Thursday with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and called for a permanent ceasefire in the Palestinian enclave, the Vatican said. For @reuters.com:

A British-born Italian boy who died of leukemia in 2006 will become the first Catholic saint of the millennial generation on Sunday, in a ceremony led by Pope Leo in St. Peter's Square that is expected to attract tens of thousands of worshippers. For @reuters.com:

Pope Leo will open a new Vatican-run ecological training centre in the Italian countryside on Friday, in an initiative Catholic officials say is meant to encourage world leaders to address global climate change. (With great @reuters.com images from inside a sprawling papal villa)

Pope Leo and Israeli President Isaac Herzog have agreed to meet at the Vatican on Thursday but there was disagreement over whose idea the meeting was. In an unusual evening statement, the Vatican said Leo had not requested the encounter. For @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Israeli President Isaac Herzog will travel to the Vatican on Thursday to meet Pope Leo, who has recently stepped up his calls for an end to the war in Gaza. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Israeli President Isaac Herzog will travel to the Vatican on Thursday to meet Pope Leo, who has recently stepped up his calls for an end to the war in Gaza. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Pope Leo gave a high-profile private audience to a prominent U.S. priest who ministers to LGBT Catholics on Monday, in a possible sign the new pontiff will continue the late Pope Francis' legacy of opening up the Church to the gay community. For @reuters.com:

Pope Leo, the first U.S.-born leader of the global Catholic Church, prayed on Sunday that God would "stop the pandemic of arms" after a mass shooting on August 27 at a Minnesota Catholic school that killed two children. For @reuters.com:

Pope Leo made a "strong appeal" to the global community on Wednesday to end the nearly two-year conflict between Israel and Hamas, calling for a permanent ceasefire, release of hostages and the provision of humanitarian aid. For @reuters.com:

Pope Leo plans to visit Lebanon, the country's senior Catholic official announced on Wednesday, in what could be the first visit outside Italy by the new leader of the global Church. For @reuters.com:

Pope Leo has asked Catholics and other religious faithful to observe a day of fasting and prayers for peace in the Middle East, Ukraine and other war-torn areas of the world on Friday, August 22. For @reuters.com:

Pope Leo on Wednesday criticized the "illusory security" of the global nuclear deterrence system, in an appeal on the 80th anniversary of the United States dropping an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima at the end of the Second World War. For @reuters.com:

Pope Leo celebrated the largest event yet of his nearly three-month tenure on Sunday, encouraging a crowd of more than a million Catholic young people gathered in a field on the outskirts of Rome to spread their faith. For @reuters.com:

Hundreds of thousands of young people filled a vast field on the outskirts of Rome on Saturday to see Pope Leo, in the largest event yet of the new Catholic pontiff's tenure, as part of a special weekend aimed at energizing Catholic youth. For @reuters.com:

The Anglican Communion is exploring diluting the Archbishop of Canterbury's role as its central symbolic leader, in an attempt to prevent internal divisions from tearing apart the world's third-largest Christian denomination. From @reuters.com:

The Vatican's embassy in Kyiv was slightly damaged during Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital early on Thursday morning, the embassy said in a statement. For @reuters.com:

Pope Leo told visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday that the Vatican is willing to host Russia-Ukraine peace talks, the Vatican said in a statement. For @reuters.com:

Pope Leo interrupted a two-week vacation on Wednesday to celebrate a special Mass exhorting Catholics to exercise care for creation, in the Vatican's second major appeal in a week for the world to address global climate change. For @reuters.com: www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

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Pope Leo will revive a centuries-old tradition on Sunday by taking a holiday at Castel Gandolfo, where residents of the lakeside town hope for a tourism boost after the late Pope Francis shunned taking a summer break. For @reuters.com:

A new rite published by the Vatican on Thursday will allow priests to celebrate a Mass to exhort Catholics to exercise care for the Earth, in the latest push by the 1.4-billion-member global Church to address global climate change. For @reuters.com:

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Pope Leo said on Thursday that conflicts in the Middle East were raging with an unprecedented "diabolical intensity" and appealed for greater respect for international law, in comments to Catholic bishops and aid agencies operating in the region. For @reuters.com:

Pope Leo appealed to Iran and Israel on Wednesday not to pursue vengeance after 12 days of war. "May all logic of oppression and revenge be rejected," the pontiff said in remarks at the end of his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square. For @reuters.com:

A U.S. actor known for playing Jesus on a popular television show visited the Vatican on Monday. For @reuters.com:

Temperatures in Rome have been sweltering this month, reaching more than 35 degrees Celsius (95°F) under the hot Mediterranean sun, and Pope Leo has decided to leave town. For @reuters.com

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Pope Leo, a native of Chicago's south side and a long-time fan of his beloved but beleaguered White Sox, sent a video message on Saturday to a sellout crowd attending Catholic Mass in his honor at their hometown ballpark. For @reuters.com:

Pope Leo appealed on Saturday for authorities in Iran and Israel to act with "reason" after recent airstrikes between the two countries killed dozens and sent civilians into shelters, and called on the nations to pursue dialogue. For @reuters.com:

For Latin nerds, a reconstruction of Pope Leo's decree today that Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati will be made saints of the Catholic Church on September 7.

News: The canonisation of the first Catholic saint of the millennial generation, Carlo Acutis, will take place on September 7, Pope Leo announced on Friday. For @reuters.com:

A new assistant Catholic bishop was installed on Wednesday for Fuzhou, the capital of China's southeastern Fujian province, signaling that the Vatican's accord with Beijing over Catholic bishop appointments will continue under Pope Leo. For @reuters.com:

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News: Pope Leo criticized the emergence of nationalist political movements on Sunday, calling them unfortunate, without naming a specific country. Leo, the first pope from the U.S., asked that God would "open borders, break down walls (and) dispel hatred." For @reuters.com:

Pope Leo urged Russia to take steps towards ending the conflict in Ukraine when he spoke to President Vladimir Putin for the first time, the Vatican said on Wednesday. For @reuters.com:

In his first month, Pope Leo has kept a busy schedule but not made notable appointments, nor announced plans for foreign trips, nor said where he will live at the Vatican. It's a stark contrast to the late Pope Francis, who made major decisions right away. For @reuters.com:

In his first month, Pope Leo has kept a busy schedule but not made notable appointments, nor announced plans for foreign trips, nor said where he will live at the Vatican. It's a stark contrast to the late Pope Francis, who made major decisions right away. For @reuters.com:

Pope Leo at his weekly audience now: "In the Gaza Strip, the intense cries are reaching Heaven more and more from mothers and fathers who hold tightly to the bodies of their dead children."

Russia does not see the Vatican as a serious venue for peace talks with Ukraine because the Holy See is the seat of Catholicism and is surrounded by Italy, a NATO and EU member, three senior Russian sources told Reuters.

Pope Leo XIV may have offered to host Russia-Ukraine peace talks at the Vatican, but neither the pope nor senior Vatican officials have spoken publicly about the possibility, leaving prospects for such talks uncertain. For @reuters.com:

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday appealed for Israel to allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, calling the situation in the Palestinian enclave "yet more worrying and saddening". For @reuters.com:

Pope Leo XIV, a US citizen who as a cardinal criticised the Trump administration's hard-line immigration policies, met at the Vatican on Monday with US Vice President JD Vance, who converted to Roman Catholicism as an adult. For @reuters.com: