Gaza’s only Catholic church – a refuge for many Christians during Israel’s war on Palestinians – has been bombed this morning. Strikes pounded the Holy Family Church, killing two people and wounding several others,

An airstrike on Gaza's sole Catholic Church killed two people and injured several, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said on Thursday.

At least three people were killed and nine others injured, including a priest, in Israel’s attack on the church.

When Pope Francis’s first encyclical on the environment was released ten years ago this summer, it made headlines beyond Catholic media. The 184-page document, a call to caring for the environment as a religious and moral duty,

Pope Francis has died at the age of 88. Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was born on Dec. 17, 1936, and was elected the 266th pope of the Catholic Church on March 13, 2013. The former ...

Pope Francis’ death will set in motion the Catholic Church’s elaborate and centuries-old procedure for electing a new pontiff.. The Vatican has detailed laws and rituals that will come into ...