Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo meets with AJC delegation, reaffirms condemnation of antisemitism

The ties between AJC and the Catholic Church date back to at least 1915, with the Holy See and the advocacy group maintaining a decades-long partnership.

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Pope Leo greets faithful as he arrives to hold his first weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square since cancer surgery, at the Vatican, October 21, 2026.
Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the window of the apostolic palace overlooking St.Peter's Square after delivering his Sunday Angelus prayer at The Vatican on October 25, 2026.

Pope Leo calls for Yemen violence to end, in address two weeks after surgery

The pope said he was also praying for those who had been killed and wounded in the "terrorist attack against Orthodox faithful" at the Hamoud church in Jordan on Friday.

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Pope Leo walks ahead of Stefano Margaritora, who was his lead surgeon, as he leaves Gemelli Hospital following his lung surgery and cancer diagnosis, in Rome, Italy, October 17, 2026

Pope Leo to hold Wednesday audience for first time since lung cancer surgery

Leo pledged on Sunday, in his first public event since the surgery, that he would slowly resume his usual activities as the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.

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Pope Leo leaves Gemelli Hospital following his lung surgery and cancer diagnosis, in Rome, Italy, October 17, 2026.

Pope Leo returns to Vatican four days after lung cancer surgery

Pope Leo had an operation on Tuesday to remove the lower lobe of his right lung, and will hold his first public engagement since surgery on Sunday.

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Iran convert formerly sentenced to death tells ‘Post’ Pope brought ‘shame’ by honoring envoy

Amirizadeh's comments to the 'Post' came after Pope Leo bestowed a special honor on the Iranian ambassador to the Holy See, along with several other diplomats, for their years-long service.

MAY 14, 2026ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Marziyeh Amirizadeh.

Pope Leo meets Rubio amid growing tensions with Trump over Iran

Rubio met Pope Leo at the Vatican amid growing tensions after Trump repeatedly criticized the pontiff over his opposition to the Iran war.

MAY 7, 2026ByREUTERS
Pope Leo XIV shakes hands with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio as they meet at the Vatican, May 19, 2025.

Pope Leo dismisses latest Trump attack, to meet with Rubio Thursday

Responding to Trump's latest attack later on Tuesday, Leo said he wanted to spread the Christian message by speaking about peace, but that people were free to criticize him.

MAY 5, 2026ByREUTERS
A combination picture shows Pope Leo XIV addressing Algeria's political leaders at the cultural centre of the Great Mosque of Algiers (Djamaa El Djazair), where he criticized violations of international law by "neocolonial" world powers, in Mohamadia, Algiers, Algeria, April 13, 2026.

Pope condemns killing of protesters in Iran, reaffirms stance against war

"When a regime... takes away the lives of other people unjustly, then obviously that is something that should be condemned," Pope Leo said during a press conference.

APRIL 24, 2026ByREUTERS
Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists aboard the papal flight from Malabo to Rome, April 23, 2026, at the end of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa.

Pope Leo 'using more politics than he should' amid US-Iran war, say Trump supporters - NBC

Pope Leo has criticized US President Donald Trump's actions against Iran in multiple instances, leading to a social media squabble between the two leaders.

APRIL 23, 2026ByARIELLA ROITMAN
A combination picture shows Pope Leo XIV addressing Algeria's political leaders at the cultural centre of the Great Mosque of Algiers (Djamaa El Djazair), where he criticized violations of international law by "neocolonial" world powers, in Mohamadia, Algiers, Algeria, April 13, 2026.

Pope Leo denies targeting Trump, says comments misread during Africa tour

That speech, said Leo, "was prepared two weeks ago, well before the president ever commented on myself and on the message of peace that I am promoting."

APRIL 19, 2026ByREUTERS
Pope Leo XIV speaks as he attends a meeting with the authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps in Luanda, Angola, April 18, 2026.

Dead Jews are not the problem. The ones who survive are - opinion

The Jew as victim is acceptable. The Jew as memory is acceptable. But the Jew who acts, who fights, and who refuses to wait for permission becomes a problem.

APRIL 16, 2026ByADAM SCOTT BELLOS
AI-generated illustrative image: The world prefers Jews who die, not Jews who fight, the writer says.

TIME names Netanyahu among 2026 Most Influential, calls his post-Oct. 7 comeback bigger than Trump

TIME editor-at-large Ian Bremmer wrote that the PM "once faced the political wasteland" after Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre, but has now engineered a "political comeback" that "may have exceeded Trump's."

APRIL 16, 2026ByJAMES GENN
Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu

Pope pledges to keep speaking against war, Trump draws outrage for AI Jesus-like image of self

The post on Trump’s Truth Social platform, which Trump later said was meant to portray him as a doctor, came amid his escalating feud with Pope Leo.

APRIL 14, 2026ByREUTERS
A combination picture shows Pope Leo XIV and and U.S. President Donald Trump after disembarking Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, US, April 12, 2026.

Archbishop Emil Nona appointed patriarch of Chaldean Catholic Church

Archbishop Emil Nona was born in the Iraqi town of Alqosh in 1967 and was appointed Archbishop of Mosul in 2009 at the age of 42.

APRIL 13, 2026BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A priest leads the the Easter Vigil at the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Chaldean Catholic Church in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on April 4, 2026.