CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy -- CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV renewed his call on Sunday for an immediate ceasefire in ...

Israel last week attacked the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip, killing three people and wounding 10 others, according ...

I express my profound sadness regarding last Thursday’s attack by the Israeli army on the Catholic Parish of the Holy Family ...

Pope Leo XIV called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, urging international adherence to laws protecting civilians. He ...

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday denounced violations of international and humanitarian law in Gaza and Ukraine, lamenting the “diabolical intensity” of the violent conflicts and criticizing ...

Pope Leo XIV denounced what he called the recent violations of international and humanitarian law occurring in Gaza and Ukraine, in a statement made in front of the Reunion of Aid Agencies for the ...

“To the Christians of the Middle East, I say: I am close to you! The whole Church is close to you!” Pope Leo XIV exclaimed.

The strikes come as President Trump on Friday said there could be a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas within the next week.

Castel Gandolfo is preparing to welcome Pope Leo XIV on July 6. The imposing papal villa in this town on the shores of Lake Albano, a fortified 17th-century palace, was converted into a museum for ...

Before he became Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost had already made his views on one key moral issue unmistakably clear: the death penalty. Newly uncovered documents show that in 2011, as ...