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Sudan is experiencing one of the world’s fastest-growing humanitarian crises, with 12 million people displaced since fighting began in April 2023, says Paul Emes, Country Representative for Sudan of the Catholic humanitarian organization, Catholic Relief [...]

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This was a far cry from the minimalist welcome given to Pope Leo XIV on Thursday in Ankara, Turkey. This time, the Pope had not yet set foot on Lebanese soil when he was already getting an official welcome: two military planes escorted the Pope’s Airbus A320 to land. When the aircraft doors finally opened, Read More…

Horses, dances, shows: Lebanese celebrate Leo in the rain

Pope Leo XIV visited Iznik (where Nicaea once stood) in Turkey on November 28 to commemorate, with some 20 Christian leaders, the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. Standing before the ruins of a once-submerged ancient basilica, they proclaimed together the Creed, Christianity’s first profession of faith. The version they used did not include Read More…

Why did Leo leave words out of the Creed in Turkey? (Watch)

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Pope Leo XIV speaks at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, Lebanon, on Nov. 30, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media/Screenshot Beirut, Lebanon, Nov 30, 2025 / 11:20 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV urged Lebanon’s leaders to embrace tenacity, dialogue, and a re... [...]

Beirut, Lebanon, Nov 30, 2025 / 10:15 am Pope Leo XIV said Sunday that he discussed both the Gaza war and the conflict in Ukraine directly with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, saying that the [...]