Tag: Gaza

Since 2022, there has been a steady flow of harrowing images and videos of killings, war and destruction from the Holy Land, beginning with...

Pope Leo XIV is currently evaluating an invitation by U.S. President Donald Trump to join his "Board of Peace," an international body chaired by...

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

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM TURKEY  -- On his first foreign papal trip, Pope Leo XIV showed reporters that the inflight news conferences of...

The chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace told OSV News he was heartened by a United...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV welcomed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to the Vatican to celebrate the 10th anniversary of a Vatican-Palestinian agreement recognizing...

JERUSALEM -- As indirect ceasefire talks began in Egypt between Israel and Hamas Oct. 6 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt -- aimed at finalizing a...

WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump released a 20-point peace plan to end the Israel-Hamas war Sept. 29, which was met with cautious...

VATICAN CITY — Just a few hours after Israel launched a major new ground offensive in Gaza City, Pope Leo XIV called the pastor...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV appealed to Israel and Hamas to stop the violence that has caused "so much terror, destruction and death." "I...