The final call lasted 30 seconds. Just enough time to say hello and ask if everyone was okay. But for Gaza’s tiny Christian ...

Pope John Paul began a pilgrimage to Syria on Saturday with a call to all feuding parties in the Arab-Israeli conflict to seek a lasting peace in the troubled Middle East. "As the word peace ...

In his final public address on Easter Sunday, Pope Francis called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. DW spoke about his legacy in the Middle East with Oliver McTernan, a former Catholic priest ...

In the midst of the Easter season — a time Francis long proclaimed as a message of hope — churches across the Middle East are bidding ... given his repeated calls for peace and an end to ...

Pope Francis, long an advocate for human rights and peace in the Middle East, died on Monday at 88 after a bout of ... Since October 2023, the pope held near-daily calls with Reverend Gabriel ...

Pope Francis, who has died at the age of 88, will be remembered in the Middle East not only for his outreach ... solidarity and urgent appeals for peace in what he described as an "immensely ...

Pope Francis' funeral has been scheduled for ... "I truly hope that his prayers for peace in the Middle East and for the safe return of the hostages will soon be answered," Herzog said.

On Easter Sunday, he used his message and blessing to appeal for peace in Middle East and Ukraine ... ongoing discussions, Pope Francis appeared to be unresponsive to calls for a greater role ...

Tributes to Pope Francis ... for peace in the Middle East and for the safe return of the hostages will soon be answered,” Herzog posted on X, referring to the pope’s repeated calls for an ...

"I think that peace is ... throughout the Middle East and throughout the world." Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky shared a photograph from a 2023 meeting he had with Pope Francis in which ...