Florida Republican Congressman Byron Donalds, and candidate for governor, on X on Monday: "The President of PEACE. May today's 'Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict' become reality. May there be peace in the Middle East once and for all."

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has asked Pope Leo XIV to help maintain peace in Venezuela. His comments come as the U.S. military continues to strike alleged drug-carrying boats off Venezuela.

The plan does not require population displacement and calls for an immediate end to hostilities if both sides agree.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV asked Catholics to pray the rosary each day in October for peace. The pope made his request at the end of his weekly general audience Sept. 24 and the day after he said he had spoken again with the pastor of Holy Family Church in Gaza City, the only Latin-rite Catholic parish in Gaza.

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday condemned the resurgence of antisemitic hatred and appealed for renewed commitment to peace in the Middle East while also assuring prayers for victims of a devastating earthquake in the Philippines.

We hope it is just rhetoric. We hope it works, but that there is no war; we must work for peace,' says Pontiff - Anadolu Ajansı

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his 70th birthday from St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday, where he blessed the faithful gathered for the Angelus prayer and thanked them for their good wishes. “My dears, it seems you know today I have turned 70,” Leo ...

Those who hoped that Pope Leo XIV would back away from Pope Francis' concerns about global warming and the environment were severely disappointed last week. Instead, Leo firmly embraced the environmental agenda Francis laid out in Laudato Si',