Special Coverage: Pope Leo XIV, the First American Pontiff

We are exceptionally proud of our coverage of the Conclave and Pope Leo’s ordination. Members of our Currents News team and reporters from The Tablet spent a week in Rome in order to bring you our award-winning coverage in real time as the events developed.

Pope Urges Peace, Warns Against Escalation in Middle East Conflict

As conflict in the Middle East escalated with Israeli airstrikes on nuclear sites in Iran and retaliatory drone attacks on Israel, Pope Leo XIV appealed for restraint and renewed the church’s calls for nuclear disarmament and peaceful dialogue.