Pope Francis, Gaza

Pope Francis Meets With Former Hostages Held by Hamas in Gaza
Pope Francis expressed hope that both the incoming and outgoing U.S. administrations will collaborate to secure the return of those still held captive.
At fall meeting, US Catholic bishops turn toward Pope Francis' agenda
After years of complaints that they have ignored Pope Francis’ teachings in their biannual meetings, the U.S. Catholic bishops’ fall meeting this week seemed to make up for lost time, discussing the pope’s 2015 environmental encyclical “Laudato Si’,
Hostages freed from Gaza meet with Pope Francis and press campaign to bring remaining captives home
ROME -- A delegation of former hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and their relatives met Thursday with Pope Francis and expressed hope that the incoming and outgoing U.S. administrations would work together to bring the remaining hostages home.
Pope Francis meets family members of hostages, prays for their release
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What the USCCB Meeting Said About the US Bishops, Pope Francis, and Donald Trump
ANALYSIS: Here are four important takeaways from the bishops’ most recent gathering in ‘America’s Premier See.’
Pope meets with Israeli hostages freed by Hamas
Pope Francis met a delegation of Israeli hostages freed by Hamas at the Vatican on Thursday (November 14). Some held pictures of loved ones who remain in captivity.
Pope asks Church of Rome to help address housing crisis ahead of Holy Year in 2025
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Friday called on the diocese of Rome to respond to a growing housing crisis in the Eternal City, ...
Pope Francis Wants to Save the Environment. He Can Start With a Tree.
Environmentalists have called on the pope to halt the chopping down of a tree destined for St. Peter’s Square this Christmas, ...
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Pope Francis Asks Rome’s Catholics to Help Combat ‘Housing Emergency’ During 2025 Jubilee
The pontiff asked all Church realities, including movements, religious orders, and diocesan churches, to offer any vacant ...
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My congregation of sisters is devoted to the Sacred Heart. Here’s what we think about Pope Francis’ latest encyclical.
Pope Francis’ encyclicals have drawn from and lead to this truth: What the world needs is heart—not sentimentality, but ...
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Pope Francis Calls on Church of Rome to Address Growing Housing Crisis Ahead of Holy Year Celebrations in 2025
Pope Francis calls on Rome's church leaders to provide housing solutions amid rising rental prices ahead of the Holy Year ...
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Pope Francis, the Cardinals, and “Conclave”
The Vatican’s Synod on Synodality was nothing like papal gatherings of cinematic lore, but it clearly reflects Francis’s view ...
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Pope Francis’ Argentina: Lessons for the global church from the pope’s homeland
Pope Francis was raised in the city’s middle-class Flores neighborhood from the mid-1930s through the ’50s, a time period ...
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Devotion to Mary Leads People to Jesus, to Helping Others, Pope Says
Mary is a model of the kind of openness to the Holy Spirit that all Christians should have, an openness that allowed her to ...