Late pontiff visited nine countries in the region and north Africa, cultivating ties between Christians and Muslims ...

The pontiff began phoning Gaza’s Christians every day, more often on the worst days. He was still calling when failing health ...

In a recent interview with Israeli media outlet Maariv, former Israeli Ambassador to Italy, Dror Eydar, accused the late Pope ...

(OSV News) -- "God," Pope Francis once said, "is God for all; and if God is God for all, then we are all sons and daughters of God." This credo, spoken during a 2024 interreligious meeting in ...

Local Catholics held a Mass for Pope Francis on Wednesday, joining much of the world in remembering a religious leader who ...

There is one sin I have come to fear above all others: certainty. Certainty is the great enemy of unity. Certainty is the ...

Ever since the war in Gaza started in 2023, Pope Francis made sure to regularly call Palestinians sheltering in a small ...

Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has described the late Pope Francis as a humane, humble and fair-minded ...

From war-torn Gaza to the occupied West Bank, we are grateful for what he did on earth to champion the oppressed ...

Francis’ death and funeral will usher in a carefully orchestrated period of transition in the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic ...

Palestinians sheltering in Gaza's churches after losing their homes have now also lost a voice that filled them with hope ...

Instead of imposing immediate answers, Pope Francis encouraged open dialogue, helping church leaders embrace differences ...