World / Pope Leo XIV has echoed his predecessor’s urgent call for an end to the assault that has killed more than 52,000 Palestinians. John Nichols Pope Leo XIV used a portion of his first Sunday blessing from the loggia of St.

The Pope’s remarks come amid renewed Israeli military activity in Gaza following the collapse ... religious and political role of the Vatican in the defence of just causes” and added that ...

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.

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, has emerged as an intriguing possibility ahead of conclave, thrust into the spotlight by the war in Gaza.

"We are happy about the election of the Pope ... We hope that his heart will remain with Gaza like Pope Francis," George Antone, 44, head of the emergency committee at the Holy Family Church in ...