GAZA CITY — For most people around the world, Pope Francis was a religious leader seen on video or read about in the news. For the congregation of a tiny Roman Catholic church in Gaza ...

said Francis’ death was a loss for all Palestinians regardless of their faith. He said many in Gaza’s Christian community felt they had known him “as both a pope and a human being.” ...

In a recorded message, the parish priest of the only Catholic Church in Gaza spoke about the struggles of the roughly 500 ...

Anton Asfar, secretary general of Caritas Jerusalem, criticized the Israeli-run and US-backed humanitarian foundation in Gaza ...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called on the world not to forget the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as war in the Middle East broadened ...

Pope Francis repeatedly called for a ceasefire in Gaza, including in an Easter Sunday message a day before he died. "In the Gaza Strip, the intense cries are reaching Heaven more and more from ...

Addressing pilgrims at the end of Wednesday’s general audience, the pontiff lamented that “the Church is brokenhearted at the ...

Pope Leo XIV called on world leaders to reject the temptation to use “powerful and sophisticated weapons,” as President ...

Appealing directly to world leaders, Pope Leo echoed his predecessor, Pope Francis, who had so often declared, “War is always ...

Pope Leo appealed on Wednesday for a ceasefire in Gaza and called on Israel and Hamas militants to completely respect international humanitarian law.

The former Cardinal Robert Prevost has led some two dozen public events but not made notable appointments, nor announced plans for foreign trips, nor said where he will live at the Vatican. It's a ...