"Pope Francis went on to say that his heart is close to all the people who inhabit the Holy Land, which includes Israelis and ...

Pope Francis has warned of the “scourge of anti-semitism” in his prayer on the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance ...

Follow the latest updates from NBC News here. The day after militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, the two sides were engaged in all-out war, with at more than 1,100 dead ...

Pope Francis celebrates the First Vespers and Te Deum for the end of the year, in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, 31 December 2024. (Photo by EPA/MASSIMO PERCOSSI /MaxPPP) Seated in a chair at ...

Over the months, she spoke at the United Nations, met with the president and had an audience with the pope. Earlier this ... called for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and she buckled in ...

By Suhasini Raj and Atul Loke The handover of four female Israeli soldiers by Hamas on Saturday came as Israel released 200 prisoners. But a dispute arose over the hostage release timetable.