Top church leaders visited Gaza after its only Catholic church was struck by an Israeli shell, an attack that killed three.

Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, center, arrives to his headquarters after a Mass in memory of Pope Francis, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 23, 2025.

To many, he was known as "the doorkeeper," and they would share with him their personal struggles with faith, family, life's challenges.

An Israeli shell slammed into the compound of the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip, killing three people and wounding ...

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The Israeli Foreign Ministry issued a formal apology for the strike, while the Israeli army said it has launched an ...

Pope Leo XIV said he was "deeply saddened" by the attack, which came as Gaza's civil defence agency reported that Israeli strikes across the Palestinian territory killed at least 20 people.

Pope Leo XIV made his first “getaway” from Castel Gandolfo to visit the Monastery of the Immaculate Conception of the Poor ...

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As part of his summer break, Pope Leo XIV visited members of the Italian Carabinieri in Castel Gandolfo and the Poor Clares ...

"How we look at others is what counts, because it shows what is in our hearts," he said. "We can look and walk by, or we can ...

Pope Leo XIV prayed the Angelus on Sunday, July 13, 2025, from Castel Gandolfo, where he is taking a two-week summer break.