Pope Francis donated a "popemobile," one of the vehicles he used for transportation, to a Catholic relief organization to convert the vehicle into a mobile health unit for children in Gaza. Rating: True (About this rating?

The United Nations warned earlier this week that Israel's blockade of humanitarian aid could lead to mass starvation in Gaza

O n May 8, just days after his election, Pope Leo XIV sent a remarkable signal to the Jewish world: In a personal letter to Rabbi Noam Marans, director of Interreligious Affairs a

Since the Middle Ages, the Holy See has positioned itself as the preeminent mediator for international conflicts regardless of spiritual or temporal allegiances.

VATICAN CITY — Jewish leaders got up-front seats at Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration Mass. An American rabbi there and other representatives saw that as a hopeful sign for an upswing of Catholic-Jewish relations under the first U.S.-born pontiff, after a strained relationship with his predecessor.

Cease fire, release all hostages, fully respect humanitarian law,' says new pontiff in weekly audience, echoing calls of his late predecessor