Following a strike against the only Catholic Church in Gaza, which left at least two dead on July 17, Pope Leo XIV issued a call for an immediate ceasefire.

Premier Netanyahu's apology call to the Pope believed to be induced and prompted by Trump for the deadly attack on the only Catholic parish in Gaza, Cardinal Parolin

President Trump called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to express his frustration over the strike on the church, the White House said. Netanyahu later released a statement saying Israel “deeply regrets that a stray ammunition hit Gaza’s Holy Family Church.

Pope Francis is seeking clarity on whether Israel's war in Gaza meets the legal definition of "genocide," according to book excerpts published Sunday in Italian newspapers and confirmed by the ...

The Gaza war has raged for one and a half years, sparked by the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack that killed nearly 1,200 people in Israel. The Israeli response has killed more than 51,000 ...

Pope Francis repeated from the window of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on Sunday as he called for Israel and Palestine to reach an agreement for “an immediate cease-fire in Gaza.”