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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 560

Catholic Church

Pope Francis presides over the Christmas Eve mass at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on December 24, 2024 (Tiziana Fabi / AFP)
March 22, 2025, 8:19 pm
Pope Francis to be discharged from hospital Sunday, continue recovery at the Vatican
Pontiff’s doctor says he will require at least two months of rest and rehabilitation after life-threatening case of pneumonia in both lungs
By Nicole Winfield
Pope Francis flanked by Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni, right, during his visit to the Great Synagogue of Rome, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
March 4, 2025, 5:52 am
For Rome’s Jews, ties with ailing pope are personal. And increasingly complicated
With 2,000 years of history between the Jewish community and the Catholic Church, relations have been positive in recent decades. But October 7 has stirred up age-old apprehensions
By Rossella Tercatin
Candles and a photo of Pope Francis are seen in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, February 22, 2025, where the Pontiff has been hospitalized since Friday, February 14.(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
February 23, 2025, 12:39 am
Pope in critical condition after suffering respiratory attack, Vatican says
Cardinals speculate pontiff could step down due to string of health difficulties, but stress no discussions have been held on matter, with thoughts focused on Francis’s recovery
By Alice Ritchie
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa (C) poses for a picture with people and children at the Holy Family Church in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City on December 22, 2024. (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP)
December 24, 2024, 2:38 pm
Latin patriarch visits Catholic community in Gaza for second time since war’s start
Pierbattista Pizzaballa visits Holy Family parish in Gaza City, home to some 400 sheltering Christians, for an early Christmas Mass; reports worse conditions than he saw in May
By ToI Staff
Pope Francis meets with a delegation from the American Jewish Committee at the Vatican on International Women's Day, March 8, 2019. (Vatican Media)
December 22, 2024, 9:02 pm
As relations ebb, rabbi and bishop launch guide to educate Catholics on antisemitism
Despite comments on the war by Pope Francis that rub many Jews the wrong way, Rabbi Noam Marans and Bishop Joseph Bambera have faith that dialogue can help overcome the hitch
By Ben Sales
Pope Francis shakes hands with officials after their meeting for the Pope's departure ceremony at the Ajaccio airport, on the French island of Corsica, December 15, 2024. (Ludovic Marin; Pool via AP)
December 17, 2024, 5:02 pm
Pope Francis was target of attempted suicide attack on 2021 trip to Iraq, he says
‘A woman packed with explosives…was heading to Mosul to blow herself up,’ pontiff recalls in upcoming autobiography; would-be bombers apparently killed by police, Francis says
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Pope Francis prays before the 'Nativity of Bethlehem 2024,' upon its inauguration in the Paul VI Hall, during the private audience with donors of the nativity scene and the lighting of the Christmas tree ceremony at St Peter's Square, in the Paul-VI hall at the Vatican on December 7, 2024. (Andreas Solaro/ AFP)
December 11, 2024, 10:17 pm
Vatican nativity scene showing baby Jesus on a keffiyeh removed after backlash
When asked by Catholic media, the church does not offer a reason for taking down display created by Palestinian artists and dedicated by pope
By ToI Staff
Pope Francis (L) speaks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the end of a private audience at the Vatican, on December 3, 2018. (Andrew Medichini / POOL / AFP)
December 10, 2024, 4:18 pm
Pope Francis to meet Mahmoud Abbas in Vatican on Thursday
Visit comes amid series of controversies surrounding pontiff’s rhetoric around Israel-Hamas war, and days after dedication of nativity scene showing Jesus laid on keffiyeh
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Pope Francis prays before the 'Nativity of Bethlehem 2024,' upon its inauguration in the Paul VI Hall, during the private audience with donors of the nativity scene and the lighting of the Christmas tree ceremony at St Peter's Square, in the Paul-VI hall at the Vatican on December 7, 2024. (Andreas Solaro/ AFP)
December 8, 2024, 8:45 pm
Pope Francis inaugurates nativity scene in Vatican showing baby Jesus on keffiyeh
Pontiff, who recently called to investigate Israel for genocide, preaches end to all war, as he dedicates scene by Palestinian artists, to be displayed in Vatican’s Paul VI Hall
By ToI Staff
French President Emmanuel Macron, center left, and his wife Brigitte Macron, third right, visit the restored interiors of Notre-Dame Cathedral, Nov.29, 2024 in Paris. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)
November 29, 2024, 8:14 pm
France shows off Notre Dame after ‘impossible’ restoration following devastating fire
Visiting the cathedral, Macron tells workers they healed ‘national wound’ with renovation work costing hundreds of millions of euros after 2019 blaze
By Francesco FONTEMAGGI
Pope Francis talks to journalists on the flight back to Rome at the end of his four-day visit to Belgium and Luxembourg, Semtember 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)
September 29, 2024, 7:05 pm
Pope Francis, asked about IDF strikes, says use of force must not be ‘over the top’
‘Defense must always be proportionate to the attack,’ says pontiff in general comments following Israel bombing in Beirut that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah
By Agencies and ToI Staff
French performers are seen riffing on Leonardo Da Vinci's painting of the Last Supper, in this screen capture from the opening of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. (Screen capture via YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 28, 2024, 4:44 pm
Olympic ceremony’s ‘Last Supper’ sketch meant no disrespect, says Paris 2024
Segment featuring drag queens, transgender model and naked singer made up as Greek god of wine Dionysus drew dismay from Catholic Church and religious right in America
By Karolos Grohmann
Franciscan friars and sisters pray during a mass for the Feast of the Ascension on The Rock of the Ascension at The Chapel of the Ascension in Jerusalem on May 20, 2020. The Feast of the Ascension commemorates the Christian belief of the bodily Ascension of Jesus into heaven. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 24, 2024, 8:37 am
Churches protest Israel’s demand they pay property tax, say it’s undoing status quo
Though they’re major landowners, churches traditionally were exempt from property taxes; leaders call warning letters a ‘coordinated attack’ on Christian presence in Holy Land
By Julia Frankel
Maronite Christians attend a Good Friday procession in Haifa on March 29, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
March 31, 2024, 5:04 pm
Haifa Christians stage solemn Good Friday march in Hezbollah’s crosshairs
The threat of rockets has caused northern worshipers to alter their plans on a holiday weekend that they are nonetheless determined to observe
By Canaan Lidor
Pope Francis speaks during a mass at St Peter's basilica for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord on February 2, 2024 in The Vatican. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP)
February 3, 2024, 9:13 pm
Pope Francis decries ‘terrible increase in attacks against Jews’ worldwide
In letter to ‘my Jewish brothers and sisters in Israel,’ pontiff urges prayers for the return of hostages Hamas took on Oct. 7, says ‘we must never lose hope for possible peace’
By Agencies
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