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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hezbollah hailed Pope Francis' "unequivocal positions calling for an end to the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip." ...