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

Pope Francis, who died Monday at age 88 ... the church secretly helped mediate a thaw in relations between the United States and Cuba. After more than five decades of Cold War hostilities ...

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

In 2015, on the flight from Cuba to Washington, D.C., the pope was told that some considered him a communist pope. To this, Francis noted that he had never said “one more thing that wasn’t in ...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance met on Monday at the Vatican with Pope Leo XIV, the first leader of the global Catholic Church ...

The former first lady chose to rewear a bespoke suit she used for Jimmy Carter and Queen Elizabeth II's funerals.

The new pope, the latest in a line dating back almost 2,000 years, was quickly subjected to a very modern phenomenon: no sooner had Pope Leo XIV delivered his first address than people started ...

ROME — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday that the Vatican could be a venue for Russia-Ukraine peace talks, ...

The pope, added 24-year-old doctor Rayneris Lopez, was "like a bridge" between Cuba and the United States. - Pope 'loved this country' - The detente that Francis helped foster has suffered ...

Catholics and others in secular Cuba have been paying tribute to Pope Francis, praising in particular his efforts to reconcile the communist island with its powerful neighbor, the United States.