Church bells tolled in mourning. Well-wishers flocked into pews. Tributes to Pope Francis poured in from around the world on ...

(AP Photo/Luca Bruno, file) This undated handout reproduction of a photo made available by Maria Elena Bergoglio, shows the Bergoglio family as they pose for a portrait ... is flanked by Israel’s ...

Pope Francis flanked by Israel's then President Shimon Peres, right, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during an evening of peace prayers in the Vatican, Sunday, June 8, 2014. (AP Photo ...

A generation of well-meaning naive Israeli leaders, such as Shimon Peres, once thought that Arab Gaza would lead the way to a new Middle East if they forced Jews to leave their thriving communities.

In May 1996, I was working for The Associated Press, and Netanyahu had ascended to lead Likud; he was campaigning against incumbent Prime Minister Shimon Peres. I was dispatched to speak to him ...

After his visit to Israel and Palestine in 2014, Pope Francis invited Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to the Vatican, where the pope facilitated a ...

In 2014, on Pentecost Sunday, Pope Francis hosted prayers for peace in the Vatican with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli President Shimon Peres. He was also the first Pope to set ...

It comes from the way children are raised and the heroes they are taught to honor. As Shimon Peres said nearly 25 years ago, “The war is not only over land, but over education.” Had that ...

In 2014, he helped Pope Francis organise a prayer for peace between Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas and then-Israeli president Shimon Peres. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa.