In a tight contest, if modernist and orthodox cardinals need to look beyond their own groups to elect the 267th pope, one candidate with spiritual and leadership credentials to impress both sides is ...

We are now in the final countdown and here I am on the phone with these three formidable women, among the main organizers of the peace convention ...

The small African Hebrew Israelite community in Israel’s Negev Desert last month celebrated a major milestone in its struggle ...

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

The BBC's live online coverage of events in Egypt is closing down now, but you can still follow events as they happen on the BBC News website. 2146 ashrafkhalil tweets: guessing that the only real ...

Hours after Israel's Foreign Ministry posted a condolence for the passing for Pope Francis, it was deleted without ...

Coming at a time of effusive global mourning over Francis’ death, the decision to delete the post appeared to reflect the ...

The brand new documentary The Children of October 7 premieres on Paramount+ Wednesday, April 23. The following day, the documentary will premiere on MTV at 9/8c. Directed by Asaf Becker and ...

Pope Francis flanked by Israel's then President Shimon Peres, right, and Palestinian ... end the killing of innocent Palestinian women and children.” In November 2024, Francis called for a ...

Francis visited Israel and the Palestinian territories in May 2014, inviting Presidents Shimon Peres and Mahmoud Abbas to a Vatican prayer summit and signing a comprehensive agreement with the state ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, ...