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Pope Leo XIV gestures as he leads the weekly Angelus prayer from a window at the Vatican, August 9, 2026. (OSV News photo/Mario Tomassetti, Vatican Media via Reuters)

Pope Leo XIV appeals for peace in Sudan, renews call to end Ukraine war

Victoria Cardiel|Aug 9, 2026|2 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV leads the Angelus prayer in Piazza della Liberta in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, July 26, 2026. He appealed for dialogue, diplomacy and prayers for a just peace in the Holy Land and the Middle East. (OSV News photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters)

At Angelus, pope calls for diplomacy amid escalating Israel-Gaza violence

Victoria Cardiel|Jul 26, 2026|5 Min Read

Father Piotr Zelazko, a Polish priest who serves as the patriarchal vicar for the St. James Vicariate for the Hebrew-speaking Catholics in Israel, is seen marching in the interfaith peace march of the Forum for Human Rights in Jerusalem May 18, 2026, with those of other faiths. Religious sisters, priests, and rabbis gathered on the grounds of the YMCA alongside young people with piercings, families and ultra-Orthodox Jews for the opening ceremony, which included a prayer asking for God's mercy sung in Aramaic by Jerusalem Christian resident Nadeen Fanous. (OSV News photo/courtesy Jacob Lazarus)

World

Interfaith peace march in Jerusalem counters rising violence and division

Judith Sudilovsky|May 19, 2026|7 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV is pictured gesturing in prayer at the Vatican in a combination photo with an image of the Divine Mercy at a Catholic Church in La Paz, Bolivia. Across the U.S., united with Pope Leo, Catholics are joining with their bishops and pastors in praying for peace on the eve of Divine Mercy Sunday April 11, 2026. (OSV News photo/Lola Gomez, Claudia Morales, Reuters)

Dioceses, parishes take up Pope Leo's call to pray for peace, plan vigils for April 11

Gina Christian|Apr 10, 2026|5 Min Read

Crosses and candles are placed at a makeshift memorial in Minneapolis Jan. 28, 2026, at the site where Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse was fatally shot by federal agents trying to detain him. (OSV News/Seth Herald, Reuters)

Archbishop Coakley calls for Holy Hour for peace: 'Your prayers matter'

Gina Christian|Jan 28, 2026|4 Min Read

Cardinals

US cardinals call for 'genuinely moral foreign policy for our nation'

Gina Christian|Jan 19, 2026|5 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV, after reciting the Angelus prayer at the Vatican, appeals for peace hours after the U.S. bombed nuclear enrichment facilities in Iran June 22, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

'Stop the tragedy of war,' pope says after U.S. bombs Iran

Cindy Wooden|Jun 22, 2025|2 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV greets members of grassroots groups and Catholic associations that work for peace and justice during an audience at the Vatican May 30, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Decisions, relationships, actions must be rooted in nonviolence, pope says

Carol Glatz|May 30, 2025|3 Min Read

Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, right, the Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations, and Bishop David J. Malloy of Rockford, Ill., greet participants following an evening prayer service for U.N. diplomats at Holy Family Church in New York City Sept. 9, 2024. The service, hosted by the Vatican's permanent observer mission to the U.N., was celebrated on the eve of the opening of the 79th session of the U.N. General Assembly. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Clergy, diplomats call on U.N. General Assembly in new session to strive for peace

OSV News|Sep 10, 2024|5 Min Read

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, looks over the ruins of buildings in Gaza City. He visited northern Gaza Strip May 16-19, 2024, during Pentecost. At a press conference May 20 following his return to Jerusalem, he said he found the small resilient community of the Holy Family Parish compound in Gaza City to have "steadfast faith" amid horrific destruction and constant bombardment. (OSV News photo/courtesy Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem)

World

Latin patriarch: Pray for peace in Holy Land, world on feast of the Assumption

Gina Christian|Aug 14, 2024|4 Min Read

Members of the Chaldean Catholic Church meet at the Patriarchal Headquarters in Al-Mansour / Baghdad for their annual synod from July 15-19, 2024. (Chaldean Patriarchate via Crux)

World

Chaldean bishops call for two-state solution to resolve Gaza war

Elise Ann Allen|Jul 23, 2024|5 Min Read

Trump

Catholic, civic leaders call for peace, unity following Trump assassination attempt

Maria Wiering|Jul 14, 2024|7 Min Read

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