Posts Tagged: Pope Francis Israel
Vatican Official: We Need to Learn More From Jews on Role of Shabbat, Family
A Vatican official insisted that the Catholic Church must learn from Jewish traditions about how to elevate the role of the family in society, the UK's Jewish...
Reflecting on the Vatican’s Jewish-Catholic Relations ‘Reflection’
JNS.org - Following the Vatican’s recent release of its latest document on Jewish-Christian relations, the takeaways for most mainstream media were manifested in headlines making such...
Pope Francis to Pay First Official Visit to Rome’s Great Synagogue
JNS.org - Pope Francis will make his first official visit to Rome’s Great Synagogue next January, the city’s Jewish community said in a statement on Tuesday....
Pope Speaks Out Against Antisemitism, Favors Rediscovering Jewish Roots of Christianity
JNS.org - The World Jewish Congress (WJC) on Thursday applauded a statement by Pope Francis affirming that attacking Jews and attacking Israel are both antisemitism. Pope...
School Strike Ends, But Israeli Catholic Community Still at a Political Crossroads
JNS.org - While much attention has been paid to the recent high-profile United States visit of Pope Francis, Israel’s Catholic community finds itself represented by leaders...
Palestinians Angered by Israeli ‘Sanhedrin’ Decision to Put Pope Francis on Trial
JNS.org - A Palestinian member of the al-Fatah Revolutionary Council has condemned the self-declared Israeli Sanhedrin’s recent letter to Pope Francis, which demands that the pope rescind...
President Obama and Pope Francis Both Admit That Anti-Zionism is Anti-Semitism
It's been a difficult couple of weeks for "progressive" anti-Zionists. First, Barack Obama, during his interview with Jeffrey Goldberg last week, clearly suggested that denying Israel's right...
Pope Francis in Pro-Israel Crosshairs Over Palestinian State, Abbas Meeting
JNS.org - Controversy is swirling over conflicting reports as to whether or not the Pope Francis called Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas an...
The Vatican Will Not Protect Christians By Recognizing ‘Palestine’
When it comes to Israel, the Vatican sometimes cannot seem to get it right. And the announcement on Wednesday that it had concluded a treaty to...
Nine Months Later, Photo Exhibit Continues Dialogue on Pope Francis’s Israel Trip
JNS.org - If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a picture of an individual with as high a profile as Pope Francis...
Pope Francis Says He Fears Escalation of Violence in Israel
Ynet - These are difficult days for Pope Francis. He is concerned about the situation in Jerusalem, fears for the fate of Christians in Iraq...
Pope Francis Praises Bar-Ilan University for Commitment to Interfaith Relations
JNS.org - Pope Francis praised Israel's Bar-Ilan University for its commitment to fostering interfaith dialogue in a meeting with the university's president. Bar-Ilan President Rabbi...
Pope Francis Honored by Israeli University
JNS.org - Pope Francis received a delegation at the Vatican from Israel's Bar-Ilan University on Monday to receive the school's highest honor, the Award...
Pope Francis Demands Justice for 1994 AMIA Jewish Center Bombing
JNS.org - In a video message to Argentine Jewish leaders on the 20th anniversary of the 1994 bombing attack on the AMIA Jewish center in...
