search
Vatican
Robert Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV - the first American pontiff to be elected leader of the Catholic Church Pic: Vatican News
May 16, 2025, 2:41 pm
OPINION: Pope Leo IV is a world away from the prejudice of the Vatican of past centuries
There are almost 90 Catholics in the world for every Jew: the Christian-Jewish relationship has an important past, present and future
By Zaki Cooper
Pope Leo XIV
May 13, 2025, 10:42 am
OPINION: The new Pope was my student: will he be good for the Jews?
Professor John T. Pawlikowski reflects on teaching Pope Leo XIV and the challenges of Catholic-Jewish relations under the new papacy
By John T. Pawlikowski
Robert Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV - the first American pontiff to be elected leader of the Catholic Church Pic: Vatican News
May 8, 2025, 7:19 pm
Israel’s President and Jewish leaders congratulate newly elected Pope Leo XIV
Isaac Herzog looks forward to 'strengthening the friendship between Jews and Christians"
By Michelle Rosenberg
The Pope prays at the Western Wall
April 30, 2025, 5:27 pm
OPINION: A Pope of our own – the case for a global spiritual leader
Malcolm Green asks whether the time has come for a distinctly Jewish contribution to the global ethical conversation: not a pope, but a prophet for our times
By Malcom Green
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
Pope Francis at Auschwitz Birkenau
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
Pope Francis calls on Catholics to pray for peace on 7 October
October 8, 2024, 5:35 pm
Vatican calls for 7 October fast
Pope and Latin Patriarch ask Catholics to fast and pray for peace
By Jenni Frazer
Shimon Peres with ex-Pope Benedict XVI
January 3, 2023, 11:11 pm
OPINION: Pope Benedict cemented the template for better Jewish-Catholic relations
Rabbi David Rosen says the former pontiff's visits to Israel and Auschwitz demonstrated his commitment to inter-faith solidarity
By Rabbi David Rosen
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
Pope Francis
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
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
Pope Pius XII (Photo: REUTERS/Osservatore Romano)
June 16, 2022, 10:39 am
The pope who put his church first — even with the Holocaust on his doorstep
Historian David Kertzer on how the hotly anticipated opening of the Vatican's wartime archives failed to absolve Pius XII over his failure to act
By Michael Daventry
Pope Francis listens to a member of the Jewish community during a visit to Rome's Great Synagogue in 2016 (Photo: Reuters)
September 6, 2021, 2:46 pm
Pope seeks to diffuse row after ‘suggesting’ Jewish law is obsolete
Francis's remarks about the Torah had led to a stern letter from Israel's chief rabbinate seeking clarification
By Michael Daventry and Reuters
Pope Pius XII is accused of turning a blind eye to genocide.
August 30, 2020, 1:22 pm
Vatican ‘urged Pope Pius XII not to protest Nazi deportation of Jews’
Investigation by Brown University historian David I. Kertzer also claims the Vatican fought efforts to reunite Shoah orphans with their family.
By Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA)
Load More