News for October 15, 2026

In the nearly one and a half years he has led the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV has managed to accomplish something the cardinals hardly expected of him when they elected Francis’s successor. The first pontiff in history from the United States found himself at the center of international politics and battled not only Trump but also his own cancer.

On October 10 in Miami, the U.S. proposed that European countries unfreeze a portion of Russian assets in order to resume peace talks. Delegates from Europe categorically rejected the plan and refused to return the funds to Moscow.