Israel's prime minister says it "deeply regrets that a stray ammunition hit" the Catholic Church of the Holy Family in Gaza ...

The Pope has said he is "deeply saddened" by the deaths of three people in an Israeli strike on the only Catholic church in ...

On Friday evening, Pope Leo XIV spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after a tank hit the only Catholic church in Gaza, killing three people.

As the first American pope takes the helm, we revisit an open letter published in 1978 by peace activist Blase A. Bonpane to Pope John Paul I.

One of Pope Leo XIV's early appointments was naming Msgr. Renzo Pegoraro to be the new president of the Pontifical Academy for Life. The 66-year-old monsignor is a bioethicist w ...

Italy agreed Thursday to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare (1,000-acre) field north of Rome, once the source of controversy between the ...

For Myanmar’s democracy movement, this day, 37 years ago, was a turning point. Known as the “8888” uprising, Aug. 8, 1988, is ...

A deadly raid in central Nigeria left more than 100 villagers dead and hundreds displaced. Survivors say it's part of a ...

Another deadly overnight raid in central Nigeria left more than 100 villagers dead and hundreds displaced. Survivors in Benue State say it's part of a brutal campaign to drive Christian farming ...

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa greets parishioners in the Holy Family Parish in Gaza City July 20, 2025. He entered the Gaza Strip July 18 together with Greek Orthodox ...

This story begins with a forbidden fruit.It was the 1970s in this small town in the west of Ireland when an orchard owner ...