The director of Al-Azhar University called on Italy to recognize Palestine state hailing Italians for their support for Gaza during two years of genocidal war.

Dozens of world leaders, high-ranking officials, interfaith religious leaders and delegations from across the globe attended the funeral ceremony to bid farewell with Pope Francis on Saturday.

In a statement released yesterday, the 94-year-old religious authority described the pope as enjoying “a high spiritual standing among many peoples of the world” and lauded his “distinguished role in serving the causes of peace and tolerance.” Al-Sistani recalled their landmark 2021 meeting in Najaf during the pope’s historic visit to Iraq, calling ...

Funeral to be held on Saturday at 0800GMT.

Leaders, religious figures across the world of Islam have sent messages to the Vatican after the leader of Catholic Church, Pope Francis passed away on Sunday.

The leader of Catholic Church, Pope Francis passed away early Monday April 21, 2025. The Argentinian pontiff was the first non-European pope to lead the Catholic Church in more than a thousand years.

Pope Francis has passed away at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta, the Vatican has confirmed.

Iran’s ambassador to the Vatican has presented a plaque from the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei to the leader of Catholic Church, Pope Francis as the Muslim leader called for unity of the two religions in a fight against global arrogance.

“Yesterday, children were bombed. This is not war. This is cruelty. I want to say this because it touches my heart,” he told members of the Roman Curia, the Vatican’s central administration.

Francis stresses importance of respecting human dignity in new book coming out this week

Pope Francis calls escalation in Lebanon 'unacceptable' after days of intense Israeli airstrikes killed nearly 570

Pope Francis has slammed as “ugly” the Israeli regime massacre of the Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip.

Francis endorses cease-fire in Gaza, urges swift acceptance by both sides

Delivering his Easter message following the Easter Sunday Mass to tens of thousands of Catholic pilgrims in Vatican’s St. Peter Square, Francis said: “I appeal once again that access to humanitarian aid be ensured to Gaza and call once more for the prompt release of the hostages seized on 7 October for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.”

6,500 faithful attend Christmas Eve mass celebrated by pontiff at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican

Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, has expressed hope for immediate international measures to end massacre in Gaza in the New Year 2024.

'There is so much suffering in Gaza, there is a lack of basic necessities,' says pontiff

Amid ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza, the pontiff reiterated his appeals for a cease-fire as well as the release of hostages.

The pope, addressing a crowd of the faithful in St. Peter’s Square in Rome during his Sunday Angelus, urged the world to join in prayer for the resolution of the serious situation in Gaza.

Speaking to Israeli Army Radio yesterday, Abu Nasser said that Pope Francis is updated on every incident in occupied Jerusalem and was informed about the viral video showing Israeli settlers spitting on Christian worshippers. The degrading and offensive practice of spitting on Christians, according to Israeli Ministertamar Ben-Gvir, “is an old Jewish ...