Anthony Faiola

Mauricio Claver-Carone doesn’t work for the U.S. government but has an outsize role in determining the future of Venezuela.

In "Magnifica Humanitas," he fires a broadside against AI companies, warning of the technology's dangers in the same way Pope Francis did about climate change.

The growth of Christianity in Africa has turned the continent into a denominational battleground. Pope Leo’s visit to Angola came as his church confronts a rising challenge.

Relations between the United States and the Vatican are at a low point over President Donald Trump’s attacks on Leo, who is a leading critic of the war in Iran.

The criticism of the pontiff’s stance on Iran highlighted what Vatican officials have described as an unprecedented low in relations with the United States.

At the Vatican, the Anglican archbishop met a pope who has signaled no intention to change Catholic doctrine to allow ordaining women.

Pope Leo XIV shed his previous image as he denounced war in the Middle East and responded assertively to criticism by President Donald Trump.

Italian officials expressed no interest in a substitution that would give Italy’s national team a charitable berth after failing to qualify for the tournament.

Veteran church observers say an open war of words between a pope and a U.S. president is unprecedented.

Leo’s early papacy has been defined largely by his response to President Donald Trump but a 10-day trip, starting Monday, will let the pope focus on spreading the faith.

U.S. and Vatican officials have sought to downplay accounts of a strained relationship, but there have been tensions between the Trump administration and the Catholic Church.

The Chicago-born pope suggested fellow Americans call their congressional representatives and ask for peace, not war.

“Let those who have weapons lay them down!” the first American pope declared. The White House’s war in Iran and nativist agenda at home are testing the Vatican.

Some Trump aides and supporters cloak the war on Iran in religious terms, but the Chicago-born pope said that God “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war.”

Italy blocked U.S. use of a base, the latest instance of European nations refusing deeper involvement in the war despite U.S. threats of backing away from NATO.

The administration had threatened to punish countries that attempted to break the blockade, which was aimed at weakening the communist government.

Cuban officials have petitioned Pope Leo XIV to help persuade the Trump administration to ease its oil embargo, which is causing crippling fuel shortages and blackouts.