TIRANA (Reuters) - Albania will create a sovereign Muslim state in Tirana for the Bektashi religious order, along the lines of the Vatican in Rome, to preserve and promote religious tolerance, Prime ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo discussed the "tragic situation in Gaza" during a meeting on Thursday with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and called for a permanent ceasefire in the Palestinian ...

Pope Leo XIV greets Israeli President Isaac Herzog as they prepare to meet in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Sept. 4, 2025. Credit: CNS photo/Vatican Media On Sept. 2, the day that the Vatican ...

ROME (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Pope Leo on Friday, the Vatican said, a day after an Israeli strike on Gaza's sole Catholic church killed three people and injured ...

ATHENS, Greece — When Pope Benedict XVI goes to Turkey this month for his first papal visit to a Muslim nation, he will in effect be making two distinct journeys. The global spotlight will be on what ...

One of Pope Francis's popemobiles is to be converted into a mobile health clinic for children and sent to Gaza, official Vatican media says, fulfilling a final wish of the late pontiff. The vehicle is ...