Pope Francis has telephoned the parish priest in Gaza, Father Gabriel Romanelli, twice since the start of the war, to express his closeness and to pray for peace.
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro on Monday compared Israel's targeting of Gaza in retaliation for deadly attacks by militant group Hamas to the Nazi persecution of Jews.
Newly discovered correspondence suggests that World War II-era Pope Pius XII had detailed information from a trusted German Jesuit that up to 6,000 Jews and Poles were being gassed each day in…