Pope Leo XIV called for Israel to lift its blockade on humanitarian aid into Gaza during his first General Audience.

The new pontiff's comments, in line with his position on global conflict, come as Israel begins allowing a trickle of aid in ...

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday appealed for Israel to allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, calling the situation in the ...

Pope Francis donated a "popemobile," one of the vehicles he used for transportation, to a Catholic relief organization to ...

An American rabbi has voiced optimism for Catholic-Jewish relations after the election of Pope Leo XIV, saying his ...

Pope Francis regularly called a church in Gaza to ask how residents there were doing during the Israel-Hamas war. He is remembered as a defender and consoling presence.

Newly inaugurated Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday made an appeal to end hostility in Gaza and called for humanitarian aid to enter ...

VATICAN CITY — Jewish leaders got up-front seats at Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration Mass. An American rabbi there and other ...

Amid the tributes that flowed in after Pope Francis’ death, a note of reservation stood out: Many Jews in Israel and elsewhere had mixed feelings about the Argentine pontiff.

Israel's delayed and impersonal condolences following Pope Francis's death, combined with a low-level funeral delegation and the deletion of a tribute, highlight the political rift rooted in his ...

But everything changed after the war in Gaza erupted with Hamas' deadly attack in southern Israel on Oct 7, 2023. “Pope Francis condemned what happened on Oct. 7, but he was clear also that what ...

Pope Leo XIV has told the world's Jewish communities he wants to strengthen the Roman Catholic Church’s dialogue with them, ...