The Latest Breaking News from Leo XIV

This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the Vatican’s cardinal electors. There’s The Sound Kitchen mailbag and a salute to mothers, the “The Listener’s Corner”, and Erwan Rome’s “Music from Erwan”. All that, and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click…

Pope Leo XIV is willing to host peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv, yet Russia's stance towards the Vatican is likely to prove an obstacle.

Several Palestinians and Israeli soldiers say troops are systematically forcing Palestinians to act as human shields in Gaza, sending them into buildings and tunnels to check for bombs and gunmen

Pope Leo XIV’s record handling sex abuse cases while he was an Augustinian superior and bishop in Peru has come under renewed scrutiny since his election May 8

Pope Leo XIV's record handling sex abuse cases while he was an Augustinian superior and bishop in Peru has come under renewed scrutiny since his election May 8

Only about 900 people in the world speak Cypriot Maronite Arabic

These are the key events on day 1,185 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Late-night hosts discuss the House passing Trump’s spending bill and his ‘anti-woke’ Kennedy Center tenure

Top leaders of Hamas in Gaza were reportedly killed in a recent Israeli airstrike. Mohammed Sinwar, the leader of the group after the death of his brother Yahya, was among the fatalities

After being elected pope, Robert Prevost's private life came under scrutiny. Especially the political differences between him and his brother, Louis.

Aid groups have collected food and medicine, but face challenges getting it to the people