Urbi et orbi” means “To the city [of Rome] and to the world.” It is a special apostolic blessing given by the pope every year ...

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

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

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

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

Pope Francis died on Monday, April 21, after being released from hospital on March 23, following a five-week stay which saw ...

And it is the ambassador, Yaron Sideman, who will represent Israel at the funeral of Pope Francis. This is in marked contrast ...

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

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

Palestinian Christians in Gaza gathered to watch Pope Francis' funeral. 90-day clock expires on President Trump’s order for Lumbee recognition United's futuristic new 250-person plane will be like a ...

GAZA CITY — For most people around the world, Pope Francis was a religious leader seen on video or read about in the news. For the congregation of a tiny Roman Catholic church in Gaza ...

ROME, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital — In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent evening ritual: He ...