Pope Leo XIV arrived at his inaugural mass in a white vehicle, called for church unity in his sermon, and later prayed for people suffering from war and those marginalized.
Due to the recent escalation of violence following India's military strikes on Pakistan, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Jerry Pillay has urged both nations to exercise restraint and to prioritize peace over further escalation during a delicate ceasefire.
Pope Leo XIV, the 69-year-old Chicago-born cardinal elected as the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff, spent many years as a missionary in Peru and is the first North American to hold the papacy.
The cardinals of the Catholic Church have elected Robert Francis Prevost as Pope Leo XIV, the first North American pope.
The 133 cardinals in the papal conclave held their first day of meetings behind heavy wooden doors, sworn to secrecy, and closed to the world in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, to elect a new pontiff to succeed Pope Francis.
Harvard Divinity School has said it is pausing its Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative, a program focused on Israel-Palestine as a case study.
Albania's Orthodox Church has enthroned new Archbishop Ioannis of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania, the newly elected primate of the Orthodox Church of Albania, a church that withstood attempts to decimate it during the communist era.
A new study by Barna Group and Aspen Group has revealed that most Americans prefer traditional church architecture that reflects the beauty of God.
In many of the world's countries, 20 percent or more of all adults have left the religious group in which they were raised, a recent Pew Research survey has found.
