Posts Tagged: Pope Francis
UN Approves Expansion of Israeli Project Bolstering Security of Peacekeeping Force in Central African Republic
The United Nations approved earlier this week the extension of an Israeli technology project designed to bolster the security of the global intergovernmental body’s Multidimensional...
New York Times Op-Ed Sides With Pope Against Jewish Group on Holocaust Comment
An op-ed in the New York Times faults the American Jewish Committee for criticizing Pope Francis’ casual comparison of European treatment of Muslim migrants to...
Israeli PM Netanyahu Breaks Into Top 20 on Forbes List of World’s Most Powerful People; Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei Stays at 18
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moved up one position to 20th in Forbes Magazine’s newly-published 2016 list of the world's most powerful people, while Iran’s...
500th Anniversary of Reformation Would be ‘Perfect Time’ for Protestants to Apologize for Luther’s Antisemitism, US Jewish Official Says
The 500th anniversary of the Reformation would be the “perfect time” for Protestant leaders to recognize and apologize for the “horrific antisemitism” of their movement’s...
Pope Francis and Radical Islam
Pope Francis recently made some ostensibly refreshing remarks. During an early morning Mass in memory of Fr. Jacques Hamel — the 85-year-old priest who was...
Pope, Trump Wish Peres Well, as Spokesman Says Former Israeli President’s Condition ‘Serious But Stable’
JNS.org -- Pope Francis and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump expressed their best wishes for the recovery of former Israeli President Shimon Peres, who suffered a...
Chief Rabbi of Poland: Memory of World’s Inaction During Holocaust Should Spur Jews to Help Today’s Persecuted Christians
Poland’s chief rabbi said the world’s inaction during the Holocaust should serve as a reminder to Jews to help Christians suffering persecution at the hands of...
Pope Francis’ Poland Visit Overshadowed by Pontiff’s Comments on Islam
JNS.org - Since being elected as the leader of the world’s roughly 1.2 billion Roman Catholics in 2013, Pope Francis has never shied away from breaking...
Pope Francis Prays in Silence, Walks Alone at Site of Auschwitz Concentration Camp
JNS.org - Pope Francis made a historic and somber visit to the Auschwitz-Burkenau Nazi concentration camp on Friday where more than 1.1 million people, mostly Jews,...
EXCLUSIVE: Prominent American Rabbi Calls On Pope Francis to Remove Catholic Church From World’s ‘Largest Jewish Cemetery’ in Auschwitz-Birkenau
A prominent American rabbi is urging the Pope to remove a Catholic church from the site of the “largest Jewish cemetery in the world,” The Algemeiner has learned....
Swedish Nun Canonized by Catholic Church for Hiding Jews in Convent During WWII
A Swedish nun who hid Jews in her convent in Rome during World War II was canonized as a saint by Pope Francis at the...
The Transformation of the Virgin Mary: How a Jewish Girl From Nazareth Became a Christian Icon
The four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, provide skimpy biographies of Jesus, with huge time gaps. We meet Jesus in brief citations as a newborn, a six-year-old in...
Poll: Netanyahu Among 10 Most-Admired People in US
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the 10th-most-admired person in the United States, according to the “World’s Most Admired 2016” YouGov poll that gauged...
Pope, Russian Orthodox Patriarch to Have Historic Meeting on Persecution of Mideast Christians
JNS.org - The leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches will meet for the first time since their schism 1,000 years ago, in order to...
