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A view of St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican City. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Why the Catholic Church should recognize Israel as the inheritance of the Jewish people

I am currently at the Vatican with Gary Krupp of the “Pave the Way Foundation” to engage with high-ranking Catholic leaders. Krupp has spent his life building bridges between the church, the Jewish community...
Pope Francis is welcomed by Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, May 25, 2014. Photo by Atta Jaber/Flash90.

Hospitalized pope calls Gaza parish, celebrates Ash Wednesday

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Pope Francis had a stable day at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, the Vatican reported Wednesday, which included calling the Catholic parish in Gaza and increasing his respiratory and mobility exercises. In a March 5 statement, the...
The Vatican in Rome. Credit: JerOme82/Pixabay.

Vatican reversal on Nativity display is a setback for ‘Palestinian Jesus’

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It was disturbing, but not that surprising, to learn the Vatican recently allowed a Nativity scene on its premises depicting a “Palestinian Jesus.” This falsified myth has been around for decades and always seems...
Pope Francis with Italy's President Sergio Mattarella in 2022. Credit: Quirinale via Wikimedia Commons.

The pope’s embrace of evil discourse

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With just a few words, Pope Francis has plunged relations between Jews and Catholics into their worst crisis for decades and undone years of delicate rapprochement. In a new book published for the Catholic Church’s...
Pope Francis presides over Mass on Easter Sunday morning in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Altar of the Chair. Source: YouTube

The Vatican is risking its relationship with the Jewish world

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Relations between Israel and the Vatican have become tense in recent weeks. In the immediate aftermath of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre, the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem, an ecumenical group of...
Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. Photo by Menachem Wecker.

Rome event to address Vatican’s ‘historical, theological controversies’ during the Holocaust

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Historians and theologians will gather in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University from Oct. 9 to Oct. 11 to discuss the meaning of documents about the Vatican’s activities during the Holocaust, which the pope...
St. Peters Basilica in Vatican City, Rome, on Aug. 17, 2016. Credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90.

Vatican beatifies Polish family killed for protecting Jews during the Holocaust

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On Sept. 13, 1995, Yad Vashem recognized Józef and Wiktoria Ulma—a Polish couple who hid eight Jews during the Holocaust—as among the Righteous Among the Nations. Now, the Vatican has beatified the Ulmas, as well...
Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican, where he presents him with a plaque of the Ten Commandments, on June 9, 2022. Credit: Vatican Media.

Jewish leaders wish Pope Francis a speedy recovery

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As doctors treat Pope Francis, who has been in the hospital for several days due to a respiratory infection, many Jewish supporters and friends are expressing hope for his improving health. Media reports say...
Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican, where he presents him with a plaque of the Ten Commandments, on June 9, 2022. Credit: Vatican Media.

At Vatican, Pope Francis discusses Holocaust, anti-Semitism with Dani Dayan

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Chairman of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Center in Jerusalem, Dani Dayan, met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thursday. “I felt the weight of responsibility as someone who represents not only himself and...
Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin speaks during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia, on Aug. 30, 2017. Credit: Kremlin via Wikimedia Commons.

Vatican to US and Israel: Unilateral actions put peace at risk

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The Vatican announced on Wednesday that its top diplomat, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, had met with both the Israeli and American ambassadors to express the Holy See’s concern over Israel’s plan to...