Vatican

Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi and Giorgio Cantarini is Life is Beautiful

November 12, 2025, 9:16 am

Pope Leo names Italian Holocaust film Life Is Beautiful as one of his favourites

The Vatican’s upcoming cinema summit will include Jewish creatives like Judd Apatow

By Andrew Lapin (JTA)

November 11, 2025, 2:52 pm

Vatican investigates Swiss Guard for alleged spitting gesture at Jewish women

The incident took place on the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate

By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)

August 3, 2025, 7:45 pm

Pope criticised for failure to mention hostages in statement on Gaza

Leo XIV was speaking at a special mass in Rome with more than one million people in attendance

By Jewish News Reporter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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