Pope Francis greets people after a mass in Bethlehem, West Bank, Sunday May 25, 2014. Dusan Vranic/AP Photo. In the month following Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack and Hamas's seizing of hundreds ...

In a surprising statement, Hamas mourned Pope Francis’ passing and praised his firm stand on Gaza. The group lauded the late Pope for promoting interfaith dialogue and opposing genocide, racism ...

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 ...

Perhaps my most vivid memory of Pope Francis was how he acted after Hamas’ attack on Israelis and Israel’s retaliation on the Palestinians. I read that on the day after the attack, ...

By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo appealed on Wednesday for a ceasefire in Gaza and called on Israel and Hamas militants to completely respect international humanitarian law. "In ...

Pope Leo called for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all hostages in a May 28 general audience, following in the steps of his predecessor Pope Francis, who was both praised and criticized ...

Pope Leo XIV urges a Gaza cease-fire, mourning parents' grief and rising civilian deaths. At his audience, he also renewed ...

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

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made his first appointment of a Chinese bishop under the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with ...

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