Many Christians of the Holy Land rejoiced at the election of Pope Leo XIV as the successor to Saint Peter. Many of us hope ...

Pope Leo XIV called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza with the release of hostages ...

It’s important to remember, though, that the first pope in history, St. Peter, did come from the region now known as Israel. St. Peter was a Jewish fisherman from Galilee—modern-day northern ...

Over the past few months, an Israeli military operation has displaced tens of thousands of Palestinians in West Bank cities.

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa is a Vatican outsider, but his experience in a region sacred to three major religions may ...

Several countries were sending firefighting aircraft to Israel on Thursday as crews battled for a second day to extinguish a ...

Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, who has lived in city for decades, strives to maintain good relations with both Israelis and ...

Italian Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, a skilled diplomat from humble origins, is the Catholic Church's highest-ranking ...

The much younger Italian cardinal from Bergamo, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, 60, who has made the Holy Land his home for more ...

Palestinians mourn the late Pope as a lone western voice against Israel's genocide in Gaza, yet he failed to shift the Vatican's centuries-long support for colonialism ...

Israel is expanding settlement activity at an unprecedented rate in southern Hebron in the occupied West Bank, with land bulldozed almost daily to prepare for new outposts amid rising violence against ...

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