Israel said Thursday that it “deeply regrets” a deadly strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church, which killed three people.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli shell slammed into the compound of the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing three people and wounding 10 others, including the ...

Israeli forces killed at least 22 people in attacks in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including two people who died in a strike on a church that late Pope Francis used to speak to regularly, medics and ...

An Israeli airstrike hit Gaza's only Catholic church, killing two people and wounding several others, including Rev. Gabriele Romanelli, the priest who spoke to Pope Francis every day for the last ...

However, on February 6, 2025, Bishop Michael Sis of the San Angelo Diocese submitted a petition to the Vatican, seeking an exemption for St. Margaret’s Parish. That petition was granted on May ...

Until his final days, the late Pope Francis had regularly spoken to the priest at Gaza's Catholic church about the situation in the war-ravaged territory.

Israeli strike hits Gaza church, killing 3 and wounding priest who was close to Pope Francis Pope Leo XIV on Thursday renewed his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza in response to the attack ...

Israel strikes the Gaza church the pope used to call nightly By Stefano Pitrelli, Claire Parker, Mohamad El Chamaa and Siham Shamalakh The Washington Post,Updated July 17, 2025, 4:31 p.m.

Burke & Herbert Bank has officially snagged its spot in Short Pump. The Northern Virginia-based bank, which is three years into its Richmond-area expansion, last month purchased a 1.2-acre parcel at ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Filipino Bishop Alberto Uy of Tagbilaran as the new archbishop of Cebu, replacing Archbishop Jose Palma, whose resignation was accepted by the pope. Pope Francis appointed ...

Pope Leo XIV mourned on Thursday after an attack that hit the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza, where two people were reported killed and several injured by an apparent Israeli strike.