The shelling of the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza also damaged the church compound, where hundreds of Palestinians have ...

STORY: Israeli forces killed at least 22 people in attacks on the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including two who died in a strike ...

Until his final days, the late Pope Francis had regularly spoken to the priest at Gaza's Catholic church about the situation in the war-ravaged territory.

The Rev. Gabriel Romanelli of the Church of the Holy Family used to speak every night with Pope Francis before the pontiff’s death.

Gaza’s only Catholic church – a refuge for many Christians during Israel’s war on Palestinians – has been bombed this morning ...

Given the gravity of current world events, it’s possible that Pope Leo and President Donald Trump's first meeting will be packed with more “meaning” than Trump bargained for.

Pope Leo XIV renewed his “appeal for peace” in an exclusive interview on June 19 with TG1, the main news program of Italian state television, as Israel and Iran continue a war that risks ...

Pope Leo will revive a centuries-old tradition on Sunday by taking a holiday at Castel Gandolfo, where residents of the lakeside town hope for a tourism boost after the late Pope Francis shunned ...

“Let diplomacy silence the guns!” Pope Leo XIV told the crowd in St. Peter’s Square a few hours after the United States entered the Iran-Israel war by bombing three of Iran’s nuclear sites.

Pope Francis called for a two-state solution over and over. In 2024, he called for an international inquest about Israel’s war in Gaza constituting genocide against the Palestinian people under ...