Pope Francis regularly called a church in Gaza to ask how residents there were doing during the Israel-Hamas war. He is ...

The final call lasted 30 seconds. Just enough time to say hello and ask if everyone was okay. But for Gaza’s tiny Christian ...

The parish priest of Gaza's only Catholic church talks about getting daily calls from Pope Francis during the Israel-Hamas ...

But it seems clear that the Israeli government's resentment of Pope Francis's expressions of solidarity with the Palestinians ...

How the late Pope reacted to the aftermath of October 7th was different from the coldness coming from many world leaders and ...

VATICAN CITY − Pope Francis reiterated his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza in an Easter Sunday message read aloud by ...

For months, the pontiff spoke by telephone almost every night with people sheltering in a Catholic church in the battered ...

Even from his hospital bed, Pope Francis continued his near-daily video calls in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

His calls were a source of comfort and protection, according to a small Christian community sheltering around a church in the ...

Pontiffs have been players in global affairs for hundreds of years. Pope Francis carved out his own form of global influence.

Pope Francis called to check in on a Christian congregation in Gaza sheltering at their church almost every night since the ...

As Pope Francis is remembered for his outreach to communities far beyond the Vatican, his relationship with the Holy Family ...