As the ceasefire took hold this weekend, Pope Leo XIV called it “a spark of hope in the Holy Land.” To understand the new ...

Israel's President Isaac Herzog, left, meets with Pope Leo XIV in the pope's private library during a private audience at the Vatican, Thursday, Sep. 4, 2025. (Simone Risoluti/Vatican Media via AP) ...

The Latin Patriarchate is a Catholic Church diocese whose territory covers Palestine, Israel, Jordan and Cyprus. Formed in ...

Pope Leo XIV will travel to Turkey and Lebanon next month on the first foreign trip of his papacy, making a symbolically important gesture to Christians and Muslims on a pilgrimage to two countries th ...

Smoke rises following explosions amid the Israeli military offensive in Gaza City as seen from the central Gaza Strip Oct. 6, 2025. Credit: OSV News photo/Dawoud Abu Alkas, Reuters VATICAN CITY (CNS) ...

He assembled a network of activists that hid thousands of fugitives, including many escaped Allied prisoners of war ...

The Hamas attack on Israel two years ago "was inhuman and indefensible," the Vatican secretary of state said, and Israel's two-year-long war on Gaza has had "disastrous and inhuman consequences." "It ...

With controversy already surrounding Pope Benedict XVI's surprise retirement announcement from earlier this week, another scandal is brewing in Vatican City. Vatican officials have long maintained ...

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The Vatican's top diplomat sharply criticised Israel's "ongoing massacre" in Gaza in comments published on Monday - one of ...

The Vatican’s child protection board says the Catholic Church has a moral duty to help victims of clergy sexual abuse heal.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV encouraged international news agencies on Thursday to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation, as he strongly backed a free, ...