Urbi et orbi” means “To the city [of Rome] and to the world.” It is a special apostolic blessing given by the pope every year ...

Pope Francis repeatedly called for an end to the war in the Gaza Strip, including during an Easter Sunday address delivered ...

That would be my number one choice,” Trump told reporters following Pope Francis’ death, when asked who should replace him. Trump added that he actually had no preference, but that Cardinal Timothy ...

VATICAN CITY − Pope Francis reiterated his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza in an Easter Sunday message read aloud by ...

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

Even from his hospital bed, Pope Francis continued his near-daily video calls in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

A Gaza priest tells ABC News how the late pope supported the community. Gaza's small Catholic community is mourning the death ...

For months, the pontiff spoke by telephone almost every night with people sheltering in a Catholic church in the battered ...

His calls were a source of comfort and protection, according to a small Christian community sheltering around a church in the ...

Hezbollah hailed Pope Francis' "unequivocal positions calling for an end to the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip." ...

ROME, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital — In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent evening ritual: He ...