But it seems clear that the Israeli government's resentment of Pope Francis's expressions of solidarity with the Palestinians ...

One of Pope Francis’s final wishes was for his popemobile to be sent to Gaza - Francis used to call the Holy Family Church in Gaza on an almost daily basis for much of the war ...

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

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.

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

O n May 8, just days after his election, Pope Leo XIV sent a remarkable signal to the Jewish world: In a personal letter to ...

The donation, which Pope Francis made before his death, was announced on the same day that Israel approved plans to seize the entire Gaza Strip and to stay in the Palestinian territory for an ...

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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.

I also accompanied him on his trip to Israel. Pope Francis was a humble man who cared deeply about the poor, the refugees, the sick, and the elderly. He fought for peace and justice. He was a ...

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

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 ...