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One final call: Pope Francis’ last blessing echoes in Gaza
Pope Francis regularly called a church in Gaza to ask how residents there were doing during the Israel-Hamas war. He is ...
Even in Sickness, Pope Francis Reached Out to Gaza’s Christians
For months, the pontiff spoke by telephone almost every night with people sheltering in a Catholic church in the battered ...
Pope Francis Kept Up Routine of Calling Gaza Until the End
His calls were a source of comfort and protection, according to a small Christian community sheltering around a church in the ...
Pope Francis used final Easter address to call for Gaza ceasefire
VATICAN CITY − Pope Francis reiterated his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza in an Easter Sunday message read aloud by ...
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Jews And Catholics, Pope Francis And Gaza — A Legacy Of Moral Clarity
The link between political developments in the Middle East and the theological and cultural exchange between Judaism and ...
Mourners cram Vatican to pay respects to Pope Francis as in final day of lying in state
Tens of thousands of mourners converged on the Vatican on Friday for a last chance to pay their respects to the late Pope ...
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Gaza's Catholics mourn Pope Francis. 'He used to call us at 7 p.m. every night'
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 ...
Palestinian Christians in Gaza: Pope Francis never forgot us
Ever since the war in Gaza started in 2023, Pope Francis made sure to regularly call Palestinians sheltering in a small ...
On last day of Pope Francis lying in state, huge crowds flock to Vatican
The Vatican said Friday some 150,000 mourners have filed past the body of Pope Francis, who is lying in state in St. Peter's ...
In Saturday funeral mass, world will give final farewell to beloved Pope Francis
April 25 (UPI) -- Before scores of world leaders and Roman Catholic officials on Saturday, Pope Francis will be laid to rest ...
How Pope Francis touched a migrant's heart, saying 'we're all the same people'
Diane Karla Abano, a Filipino migrant living in Rome, has vivid memories of the day that Pope Francis touched her heart and ...