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Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon. Photo: Gili Getz

June 1, 2026, 4:01 pm

Palestinian and Israeli activists in pursuit of peace

Two men who have suffered family bereavement co-author book on peace for both communities

By Jenni Frazer

President Isaac Herzog speaks with Pope Leo XIV following the pontiff’s inauguration at the Vatican, 18 May 2025. Photo Credit: Avi Mayer/X

May 19, 2025, 11:34 am

Herzog attends Pope’s inauguration in bid to reset strained Vatican-Israel ties

Jewish leaders to meet new pontiff amid tensions over Gaza war and hostage crisis

By Annabel Sinclair

Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Tel Aviv, March 13, 2023.(Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

May 16, 2025, 2:37 pm

Herzog to attend Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration in potential reset of Vatican-Israel ties

New pontiff reaffirms commitment to interfaith dialogue in letters to Jewish leaders

By Annabel Sinclair

Former hostages Adi Shoham and her children Yahel and Naveh meeting the Pope last November. Their father ad husband Tal was later released pic: Vatican Media

April 26, 2025, 1:24 pm

Hostage families: We will always cherish the Pope’s moral support

Tribute came as world leaders and well-wishers from around the globe attended the funeral for Pope Francis in Vatican Square

Liz Harris-Sawczenzko greets Pope Francis at the Vatican

April 21, 2025, 7:15 pm

OPINION: I saw first hand the pope’s commitment to dialogue especially with Jews

Francis warmly embraced Holocaust survivors and Israeli and Palestinian peacebuilders during his papacy, which poignantly ends in the 60th anniversary year of the historic Nostra Aetate

By Elizabeth Harris-Sawczenko

April 21, 2025, 10:29 am

OPINION: Pope Francis continued on path of building ties with Jews, but old tropes reappeared

The leader of the Catholic Church also caused anger with his condemnation of Israel's actions during the war with Hamas

By Dr Ed Kessler

The Pope during a visit to the Western Wall in 2014. He left a note inside an envelope in one of the cracks between the stones

April 21, 2025, 9:44 am

Jewish leaders pay tribute after death of the Pope, aged 88

Pope Francis' final public appearance was on Easter Sunday, when he blessed the thousands of people in St Peter’s Square in Vatican City

By Jewish News Reporter

Noa (left) and Mira Awad sing at the Sanremo Festival in northern Italy

February 13, 2025, 1:43 pm

‘Our role is to imagine an alternative’: Israeli and Palestinian shine at Sanremo

Mira Awad and Noa take the stage on the opening night of the Italian song festival with a cover version of John Lennon's ‘Imagine’

By Beatrice Sayers

February 14, 2023, 1:21 pm

In first, Polish priest sentenced on charges of spreading antisemitic hate speech

Father Michał Woźnicki, a Catholic priest from the city of Poznan, said that Jews were in league with the devil and responsible for the spread of sexual impropriety in Poland.

By David I Klein (JTA)

Prof. Dina Porat from Chaim Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies and Archaeology at Tel Aviv University with Pope Francis, Rome.

December 1, 2022, 11:50 am

Pope receives ‘Jesus from the Soil of the Holy Land’ painting by Israeli artist

"When he approached me, I offered him the gift. He was moved and asked his attendants to safeguard the artwork," recalled Prof. Porat who handed Pope Francis the artwork

By Jotam Confino in Israel

November 23, 2022, 11:21 am

OPINION: ‘Path to peaceful coexistence begins with justice’

The following is a speech by Pope Francis to the World Jewish Congress, made at the Vatican this week.

By Pope Francis

Pope Francis addresses members of the World Jewish Congress during a meeting at the Vatican, November 22, 2022. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

November 23, 2022, 10:22 am

‘Shalom’ – Pope hosts kosher reception for Jewish leaders at the Vatican

Board of Deputies president Marie van Der Zyl among a delegation from the World Jewish Congress.

By Jotam Confino

November 3, 2022, 12:23 pm

Reform rabbi to be knighted by Pope for his work on Jewish-Catholic relations

He will become the ninth Jewish person to receive the honor in the Order’s nearly 200-year history

By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)

June 24, 2022, 2:32 pm

Pope orders online disclosure of Jewish wartime pleas for help

Francis’s decision comes as the Vatican begins to confront its actions during the Holocaust

By JTA

Yad Vashem director Dani Dayan meets Pope Francis (Yad Vashem)

June 10, 2022, 11:50 am

Yad Vashem chief pleased with pope’s help, despite closed Vatican files on Holocaust

Director Dani Dayan thanked leader of 400 million Catholics for opening the Vatican archives on Second World War pontiff Pius XII - vilified for ignoring persecution of the Jews

By Toby Porter

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