Israeli strike hits Gaza church, killing 3 and wounding priest who was close to Pope Francis By WAFAA SHURAFA and MELANIE LIDMAN, AP Thursday, July 17, 2025 9:37AM ...

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Pope Francis’s relation- ship with Africa was grounded in mutual respect; he saw African Catholics not as recipients of charity, but as co-creators of the church’s future.

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The late Pope Francis, who died in April, had regularly spoken to the priest about the situation in the war-ravaged territory.

Pope Leo XIV offered three brief suggestions to two groups of priests he met at the Vatican on Friday morning, July 25.

Pope Leo XIV spoke Sunday of his "deep sorrow" and called for an end to the "barbarity of war" in the wake of the shelling of Holy Family Church, the only Catholic church in the Palestinian enclave.

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Following a strike against the only Catholic Church in Gaza, which left at least two dead on July 17, Pope Leo XIV issued a call for an immediate ceasefire.

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV renewed his call on Sunday for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, asking the international community to respect international laws and the obligation to ...