At joint press conference with Orthodox Patriarch Theophilus III, Cardinal Pizzaballa says situation 'morally unacceptable and unjustifiable,' calls for release of Israeli hostages The post Gaza war must end,

Pope Leo XIV said he was "deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life and injury caused by the military attack" on the Catholic Church in Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Pope Leo on Friday, the Vatican said, a day after an Israeli strike on Gaza's sole Catholic church killed three people and injured several more.