Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV meets with Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla during a private audience at the Vatican October 23, 2025. Photo: Reuters

King Charles and Pope Leo pray together in a 500‑year first

Although Charles has met the last three popes, and Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI travelled to Britain, their previous encounters did not include joint prayers

Pope Leo XIV greets people on the day he holds a Jubilee audience on the occasion of the Jubilee of Catechists in St.Peter's Square at the Vatican, 27 September, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Francesco Fotia

Pope Leo's critique of Trump ends honeymoon with conservative Catholics

A person holds up an artwork on the day Pope Leo XIV leads a Holy Mass for the canonisation of Carlo Acutis, a British-born Italian boy who will become the first millennial to be made a Catholic saint, and Pier Giorgio Frassati, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, September 7, 2025. REUTERS/Matteo Minnella

Pope Leo declares teen computer whiz Carlo Acutis the first millennial saint

Pope Leo XIV leads the Angelus prayer in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, July 20, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Pope Leo calls for end to 'barbarity of war' after strike on Gaza church

Pope Leo XIV leads a Regina Caeli prayer from the central balcony (Loggia delle Benedizioni) of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, May 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Remo Casilli

Pope Leo XIV appeals for 'no more war' in first Sunday message

A man holds a sign that reads: "The Pope has eaten here. Blessed food, food with faith", outside "Las Americas" restaurant, following the election of Pope Leo XIV, who is a dual U.S.-Peruvian citizen, in Chiclayo, Peru, May 9, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda

In Peru's north, locals remember Pope Leo driving pick-up, playing tennis