The pontiff begins a trip to Turkey and Lebanon on Thursday — the first foreign voyage of his papacy, and his biggest test yet.

Tis the season of giving, so what are you getting the baseball fan in your life? On Thanksgiving, the world’s most famous White Sox fan -- Pope Leo XIV -- received many gifts from those onboard the papal plane during the pontiff’s first trip abroad,

Pope Leo XIV met Lebanese youth in the square in front of the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch in Bkerké on the second day of his apostolic visit to Lebanon.

The best way to describe him is as the anti-polarization pope. His biggest issues are peace and unity. He knows he’s operating in a context where very few world leaders are talking that way. It’s not a collaborative world. He’s looking at a polarized landscape and responding to it.

Pope Leo XIV completes pilgrimage to Turkey, meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and religious leaders while promoting peace and unity before traveling to Lebanon.

Five years after Beirut port tragedy, families look to Pope Leo to keep justice alive as the pontiff prepares to pray at the site of the Aug. 4, 2020, blast that killed 200 people.

The Vatican is now completely powered by a farm that sports solar panels to help shade-tolerant crops thrive. This new coupling of solar and agriculture is growing fast.

This is how Italy's flag-carrier, ITA Airways, sets up and operates the plane that carries the pope, often dubbed "Shepherd One."

Pope Leo XIV’s journey to Turkey and Lebanon carries significant historical and diplomatic symbolism, harking back to the mission of Archbishop Angelo Roncalli.