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

During 18 months of war, Francis took to ringing the parishioners nightly as Israeli bombs rained down, checking on their ...

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

Writing before his death on Easter Monday, Pope Francis called for safety and dignity for everyone in Palestine and Israel.

Pope Francis died Monday; here are the front runners for the Vatican leadership, and what they've said about Jews, Israel and ...

Pope Francis had a close relationship with Gaza's tiny Christian community and used his last address to call for a ceasefire.

However, many of those issues — among them the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, climate change and immigration — also put Francis on ...

Scholars of Catholic-Jewish relations remember the pontiff's warmth humility; late Church leader made important strides in ...

In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis frequently called with the only Catholic church in Gaza to see how people ...

The situation in Gaza never ceased to torment Pope Francis, who recognized the State of Palestine as early as 2015. On Sunday ...

Francis, who suffered from chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, was admitted to Gemelli ...

World leaders have issued tributes and condolences after the death of Pope Francis was announced on Monday, one day after 1.4 ...