Pope Francis will be remembered as the anti-Israel pope — or, more broadly, the anti-Western pope. The latest example of the pope’s hostility toward Israel was the creche on display in the ...

Rome's chief Jewish rabbi on Thursday sharply criticised Pope Francis over the pontiff's recent ramping up of criticism against Israel's military campaign in Gaza, in an unusually forceful speech ...

On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp run by the Nazis, Pope Francis said the horror ...

Pope Francis called for the respect of the ceasefire declared in the Gaza Strip and for the rapid delivery of humanitarian ...

Pope Francis expressed the hope that the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that came into effect on Sunday, Jan. 19, “would ...

during the months of the war between Israel and Hamas (from October 7, 2023, until this writing), Pope Francis continued this custom. In response to an open letter sent to him by a group of ...

"Pope Francis went on to say that his heart is close to all the people who inhabit the Holy Land, which includes Israelis and ...

During his Angelus address, the Holy Father also expressed his hope that all hostages “may finally return home and embrace ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Thursday stepped up his recent criticism of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, calling the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave “very serious and ...

Pope Francis has called Gaza’s church every evening, in solidarity with the 600 Palestinians seeking refuge there.

JERUSALEM — Pope Francis and Catholic leaders in the Holy Land are praying that the Israel-Hamas ceasefire that began Sunday ...

The 266th head of the Catholic Church called for peace in the Middle East—a routine request from his predecessors. But Pope Francis went one step further, ensuring his message was crystal clear: ...