Many Christians of the Holy Land rejoiced at the election of Pope Leo XIV as the successor to Saint Peter. Many of us hope ...

Palestinians mourn the late Pope as a lone western voice against Israel's genocide in Gaza, yet he failed to shift the Vatican's centuries-long support for colonialism ...

Of the small handful of papal contenders, an even smaller subset tends flocks in countries at war. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, ...

Even during his final hospitalization, Pope Francis made time for a daily phone call to Gaza’s only Catholic parish. His ...

Pope Francis, with a large bruise on his chin, arrives to hold an audience with donors of the St. Peter's Square Christmas ... mother in Bethlehem, in Judea – there was no Palestine," Cardoza ...

Pastor Munther Isaac of the Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem ... of anhilating thouands of indiginous Jews in Palestine at the time. The Soviets were also instrumental ...

From Bergamo, 60-year-old Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa brings the “Mother Church” back among the electors of a Pope for ...

Francis-era reforms that saw a diverse group of cardinals join the mix make his successor nearly impossible to call.

POPE FRANCIS: [translated] And let us not forget our brothers and sisters suffering from war in Ukraine, Palestine, Israel and other conflict zones. May the approach of Christmas strengthen our ...

(Manus, Nauru, Syria, Palestine ... designed by the artist Banksy. The Christmas card depicts the holy family (Joseph and Mary) heading towards Bethlehem only to find Israel’s Separation ...