As Pope Leo XIV urged in Turkey Nov. 27 that “the future of humanity is at stake” with ongoing conflict in the Middle East ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, expressed cautious hope for peace in Gaza.

Pope Leo XIV left Turkey on Sunday (Nov. 30) for the capital of Lebanon, Beirut, where he met with government officials in ...

Pope Leo held an informal press conference today on his flight from Istanbul to Beirut, addressing his hopes for greater ...

Pope Leo XIV’s first trip to Türkiye marks a symbolic return to the roots of Christianity while positioning Ankara and the Vatican as moral actors ...

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM TURKEY (CNS) – On his first foreign papal trip, Pope Leo XIV showed reporters that the inflight ...

Past wars in the Middle East have not only brought immense human suffering but also created new paths toward peace. The same holds for the war in and around Gaza. Israel and the United States have ...

For Palestinian Muslims and Christians, the creation of the State of Israel on May 14, 1948, on the land of historic ...

Bethlehem will resume its Christmas celebrations this year following a two-year pause due to the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict ...

The Chicago-born pope's visit comes as Turkey, a country of more than 85 million people of predominantly Sunni Muslims, has cast itself as a key intermediary in efforts to end the conflicts in Ukraine ...

After two somber and muted Christmas seasons, the city where Christ was born is preparing to celebrate again. The Palestinian ...