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

An Israeli army strike on the only Catholic church in Gaza last week has pushed the Vatican to change its tone on Israel and ...

The shelling of the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza also damaged the church compound, where hundreds of Palestinians have been sheltering from the Israel-Hamas war.

Israel struck the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing three in the religious site that Pope Francis called every night of the genocide up until the final days of his life.

Gaza’s only Catholic church – a refuge for many Christians during Israel’s war on Palestinians – has been bombed this morning. Strikes pounded the Holy Family Church, killing two people and wounding ...

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

Leo XIV's condemnation of 'indiscriminate use of force' comes days after IDF tank fire damaged Holy Family Church, which ...

Pope Leo, whose role in advocating for peace in Gaza has become notably stark since Israel struck the territory's only ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV decided Thursday to declare St. John Henry Newman a “doctor” of the church, bestowing one of ...

Dozens of Palestinians were killed Thursday in several Israeli strikes on Gaza. Israel's military campaign to eliminate Hamas and bring home Israeli hostages, launched after the group's deadly October ...

The first pope, Saint Peter, was born in the region known as present-day Israel. Around the year 97, Pope Saint Evaristus, also from the Middle East, took his place as the human head of the Church.

Pope Leo XIV has bestowed St. John Henry Newman, the influential 19th-century Anglican convert, with the honor of "Doctor of ...