Ahead of the The Independent’s Climate 100 List being published later this month, we are celebrating some of the leading lights being honoured for their work tackling the crisis. Pope Leo XIV is determined to fight for the environment – and is providing an important counterbalance to Donald Trump,

Borgo Laudato Si’ is an environmental project located in Castel Gandolfo and inspired by Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical On Care for Our Common Home. The ecological complex includes state-of-the-art insulation, photovoltaic, and circular water management systems as well as areas for educational activities for students.

The first officially recognized pilgrimage of LGBTQ Catholics to Rome comes as gay Catholics look to Pope Leo XIV to continue down the bold path of his predecessor to welcome into the church a group that has in the past faced alienation and sometimes harsh treatment.

Even the pope is putting on orange for football season. Tennessee Speaker of the House Cameron Sexton gave Pope Leo XIV a personalized Vols jersey on Wednesday. Sexton wrote that it was an honor to meet with the pope.

ROME — Pope Leo XIV’s Augustinian religious order elected a new prior general Tuesday, tapping another American to lead during the pontificate of history’s first American pope.

Pope Leo, who typically refrains from speaking off the cuff, expressed unusually forceful concern on Tuesday about the consequences of Israel's strike in Qatar. "There's some really serious news right now: Israel's attack on some Hamas leaders in Qatar,

A dozen Father Ryan students were on their pilgrimage to the Vatican when a once-in-a-lifetime experience happened.

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