3+ week, 20+ hour ago  (668+ words) Pope Leo XIV leaves on Monday for a visit to four countries in Africa in an ambitious tour to urge global leaders to address the needs of the continent, where more than a fifth of the world's Catholics live, on…...

5+ mon, 2+ day ago  (639+ words) Pope Leo visited Istanbul's Blue Mosque on Saturday, removing his shoes in a sign of respect but not appearing to pray in his first visit as leader of the Catholic Church to a Muslim place of worship during his four-day…...