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

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 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 ...

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

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.

Calling the hunger crisis in the war-torn territory “heart-rending,” the pope used his first general audience to highlight the issue.

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.

All of this has been seen in Israel and elsewhere as a sign of the Israeli government's displeasure with Pope Francis's impassioned remarks on the war in Gaza. Belatedly and somewhat impersonally ...

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 ...