Israel barred Catholic officials from privately praying at a historic Jerusalem church for the first time in centuries over security concerns involving the war — sparking outcry from US Ambassador ...

Israeli police have blocked top Catholic leaders from entering Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre for a private Palm Sunday Mass. The U.S., France, and Italy condemned the decision. On Sunday, ...

Pope Leo XIV said Sunday that God doesn’t listen to the prayers of those who make war or cite God to justify<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...