Pope Leo XIV renewed his call for a ceasefire on Thursday after an apparent Israeli strike hit Gaza's only Catholic church, leaving two dead and several others, including the parish priest, injured.

The late Pope Francis, who died in April, had regularly spoken to the priest about the situation in the war-ravaged territory.

This call comes after India abstained from a UN resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, a move the party ...

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem said the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) struck Gaza’s sole Catholic Church in a raid on Thursday morning, according to Vatican News. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, ...

Amid the exhaustion of ongoing war in Gaza and the aftermath of a bruising air-and-missile conflict with Iran, Israel now confronts the unwanted possibility of big trouble on yet another front — this ...

Condemnation of Israel’s attack on Gaza’s only Catholic church grows, with at least three killed in the strike.