In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza ...

Pope Francis had a nightly ritual for the last 18 months of his life; calling Gaza’s only Catholic Church throughout the war.

Father Gabriel Romanelli reflects on his FaceTime communications between the late pontiff and Gaza City’s “little flock.” ...

GAZA CITY — For most people around the world, Pope Francis was a religious leader seen on video or read about in the news. For the congregation of a tiny Roman Catholic church in Gaza ...

In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent evening ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza Strip to see how people huddled inside were coping with a ...

Christians from Gaza's only Catholic church have paid tribute to Pope Francis, who called them "every day" during the Israel-Hamas war. Speaking outside the Holy Family Church on Easter Monday ...

calling the hundreds of Palestinian Christians huddling in the only Roman Catholic church in the war-torn Gaza Strip. Amid fear and bombardment, the Rev. Gabriel Romanelli, the Argentine parish ...