Even from his hospital bed, Pope Francis continued his near-daily video calls in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

Pope Francis regularly called a church in Gaza to ask how residents there were doing during the Israel-Hamas war. He is ...

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

The final call lasted 30 seconds. Just enough time to say hello and ask if everyone was okay. But for Gaza’s tiny Christian population, the phone call from Pope Francis was a ray of hope that shone ...

The pontiff began phoning Gaza’s Christians every day, more often on the worst days. He was still calling when failing health ...

According to Vatican News, Pope Francis called the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza nightly since the beginning of the war ...

Pope Francis called to check in on a Christian congregation in Gaza sheltering at their church almost every night since the ...

The late Pope Francis called Gaza’s only Catholic church every day during the war between Israel and Hamas, even during what ...

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

For months, the pontiff spoke by telephone almost every night with people sheltering in a Catholic church in the battered ...

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 ...