One of the pontiff's final requests before he died, the mobile health clinic also serves as a symbol of his long-held dedication to the Palestinian people.

Even a perfunctory tweet from the Foreign Ministry was quickly deleted under pressure from far-right coalition members.

Of the small handful of papal contenders, an even smaller subset tends flocks in countries at war. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, ...

The much younger Italian cardinal from Bergamo, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, 60, who has made the Holy Land his home for more ...

Irish-born Kevin Farrell was entrusted by Pope Francis with running the Holy See and carrying out the rites and rituals that ...

It's almost never suitable to speak ill of the dead. Especially when the dead you're speaking of is a beloved pope. Pope ...

The late Pope Francis had a “special regard” for the people of God in Tanzania, which he demonstrated in “promptly” ...

"I only knew my mother-in-law for a short time, but she gave me three gifts: a husband, a prayer and a mother-in-law hack." ...

Queensland athletes have started the year with a bang, excelling on the track, in the pool, and everywhere in between.

A Jerusalem cardinal who spent decades fostering interfaith ties among Christians, Jews and Muslims is a leading contender to ...

FILE.- Pope Francis, surrounded by shells of destroyed churches, listens to Mosul and Aqra Archbishop Najib Mikhael Moussa during a gathering to pray for the victims of war at Hosh al-Bieaa Church ...