Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti is one of the Vatican’s most experienced voices on the Christian East. Over the course

This week in the Vatican, several developments highlighted the Church’s message of peace, pastoral closeness, and human dignity.

Father Pierre El Raii, a Maronite parish priest, was a revered leader among Christians in the area. Pope

In this week’s Vaticano updates, Pope Leo XIV issued a strong appeal for global peace, urging world leaders

The pontiff warned that “stability and peace are not built with mutual threats” and appealed for dialogue to

This week, Pope Leo XIV addressed a striking question from an atheist who paradoxically described himself as someone

ANALYSIS: The Holy See and Iran have had a continuing dialogue in recent years. But the killing of

The Order of Malta’s Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem is facing severe operational constraints and its mobile clinics

Following his historic visit to Turkey, Pope Leo XIV embarked on his first apostolic journey to Lebanon, a

Pope Leo XIV has begun conversations with U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about

Pope Leo XIV paused on the final morning of his trip to Lebanon before the ruins of the

Pope Leo XIV told hospital patients and caregivers in Lebanon that he had come to “where Jesus dwells,”

Pope Leo XIV told thousands of young people in Lebanon on Monday that love, not retaliation, is the

Pope Leo XIV told Lebanon’s bishops, clergy, and pastoral workers on Monday that Christians can remain steadfast in

Pope Leo XIV began his second day in Lebanon on Monday with a deeply symbolic pilgrimage to the

Pope Leo XIV said Sunday that he discussed both the Gaza war and the conflict in Ukraine directly

Pope Leo XIV urged Lebanon’s leaders to embrace tenacity, dialogue, and a renewed commitment to the common good

The sky over Lebanon — once dominated by missile exchanges and relentless air raids during the 2023–2024 conflict

Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for December is for Christians living amidst war or conflict, especially in the

Pope Leo XIV encouraged Turkey’s small Catholic community Friday to rediscover what he called the Gospel’s “logic of

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Turkey Thursday on his first international apostolic journey. The wide-ranging trip — spanning

Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming apostolic journey to Turkey and Lebanon holds both spiritual and historical significance for the

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday suggested that people “say thank you to someone” this Thanksgiving and he addressed

ANALYSIS: Despite a Christian legacy that goes back 1,000 years, Lebanon, awaiting Pope Leo XIV’s visit, is a