Pope Leo XIV has marked the 56th anniversary of man’s arrival on the moon Sunday with a visit to the Vatican astronomical observatory in Castel Gandolfo and a call to astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

Israel last week attacked the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip, killing three people and wounding 10 others, according to the parish priest.

Following a strike against the only Catholic Church in Gaza, which left at least two dead on July 17, Pope Leo XIV issued a call for an immediate ceasefire.

Pope Leo XIV has called Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa as the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem enters Gaza to visit the Holy Family Catholic Church after the Israeli strike that killed 3 people and injured several others taking refuge there.

After the tank shell fired 'by mistake' that caused the death of three people from the Gaza parish and injured the parish priest Father Gabriel and others, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday met with a U.S. ecumenical group, led by Cardinal Joseph Tobin and Greek Orthodox Archbishop Elpidophoros of America.

By Kielce Gussie The July issue of the Italian magazine Piazza San Pietro was dedicated to the Jubilee of Youth and in it, Pope Leo XIV responded to Zaira, a young mother of three who wrote him a letter raising concerns about the right to peace.