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Pope Leo XIV speaks to an anti-drug advocate at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City, Thursday, June 26, 2025

Pope Leo XIV urges law enforcement to target drug traffickers, not addicts

Jun 26, 2025

By Courtney Mares

Speaking to anti-drug campaigners at the Apostolic Palace, the pope issued a sharp rebuke of drug policy that targets the... Read more

Pope Leo XIV walks in the corridor of the third loggia of the Apostolic Palace, where the papal apartment is located, on May 12, 2025, in Vatican City.

Pope Leo XIV expected to live in traditional papal apartment unused by Pope Francis

May 15, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

The papal apartment, which is a series of rooms wrapping around the Vatican’s Sixtus V Courtyard, was the traditional home... Read more

Pope Francis meets with U.S. Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for a private audience at the Vatican on Aug. 21, 2023.

Pope Francis meets U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Mark Milley

Aug 21, 2023

By Hannah Brockhaus

Neither the Vatican nor the U.S. Department of Defense provided information about the Aug. 21 audience in the Apostolic Palace. Read more

Detail from the The Battle of the Milvian Bridge in the Hall of Constantine showing an allegorical Justice, lately found to be the work of Raphael, c. 1520.

Art experts solve Renaissance mystery in papal palace

Jul 12, 2017

Two works painted by Renaissance master Raphael have been newly identified after art experts restored famous frescoes in the Apostolic... Read more