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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 528

Catholic pope

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
Pope Francis waves as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, December 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
December 6, 2024, 2:52 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 6: Day 427 – As Pope floats ‘genocide,’ a dive into Catholic-Jewish ties
After Pope Francis made headlines calling for an investigation into IDF operations in Gaza, diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman gives historical background to a fraught relationship
By ToI Staff
Faithful visit the tomb of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI inside the grottos of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, January 8, 2023. (Gregorio Borgia/AP)
January 8, 2023, 12:44 pm
Public now can see Benedict’s tomb at St. Peter’s Basilica
Remains of pope emeritus sealed inside three nested coffins of cypress, zinc, and oak, then lowered into tomb formerly occupied by his predecessor, St. John Paul II
By AP
The coffin of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is brought to St. Peter's Square for a funeral mass at the Vatican, January 5, 2023. (Ben Curtis/AP)
January 5, 2023, 11:18 am
Thousands pour into St. Peter’s Square for funeral of Benedict XVI
Pope Francis presides over Vatican ceremony for deceased former pontiff; small number of heads of state, royal delegations join service
By Nicole Winfield, Giada Zampano and Frances D'Emilio
Pope Francis, flanked by Slovakian President Zuzana Caputova, right, attends a welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Bratislava, Slovakia, Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
September 13, 2021, 2:12 pm
Pope Francis to visit Holocaust memorial in Bratislava
A day after his trip to Hungary, the pope is slated meet the Slovakia Jewish community and atone for Catholic complicity in World War II-era racial laws and crimes
By Nicole Winfield and Karel Janicek
Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, December 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
December 7, 2020, 4:07 pm
Pope plans pilgrimage visit to Iraq area of Abraham’s birthplace
Vatican says that if pandemic permits, Francis will travel in March to the ‘plains of Ur,’ where biblical patriarch is said to have been born
By Frances D'Emilio
In this photo taken on June 28, 2017, Pope Francis (L) embraces Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, at the Vatican. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)
January 14, 2020, 7:03 pm
Vatican in turmoil as popes appear to spar over celibacy
Benedict XVI seeks to distance himself from controversial book he supposedly co-authored supporting ban on married priests, as current pope reportedly plans to ease it
By AFP and ToI Staff
Pope Francis delivers a blessing during the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, November 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
December 17, 2017, 12:45 pm
Pope says ‘fake news’ a ‘very serious sin’
‘Sins of communication’ include one-sided reporting, sensationalizing old news, pontiff says
By AP
Pope Francis salutes at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
April 26, 2017, 11:34 pm
In first papal TED talk, Pope urges solidarity with the poor
Francis warns the powerful to act humbly or risk ruin, in video recording released by Vatican
By Nicole Winfield
Egyptian worshipers attend Sunday Mass at Saint Mary's church in the Egyptian capital Cairo on April 23, 2017, ahead of Pope Francis' visit. (AFP Photo/Mohamed El-Shahed)
April 26, 2017, 7:55 am
Mourning and joy for Egypt’s Christians as pope visits
Local worshipers see Argentine pontiff’s first visit to the country as a timely sign of support for minority community under attack
By Tony Gamal-Gabriel
Parents and children lining up in central London to audition for the leading role in Steven Spielberg's latest feature, 'The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara.' (Jenni Frazer/Times of Israel)
February 5, 2017, 3:24 pm
From London to Miami, kids line up to audition for historical Spielberg role
Director is on the lookout for perfect youth to play Edgardo Mortara, an Italian-Jewish boy who was taken from his family in the mid-19th century and raised as a Catholic
By Jenni Frazer
President Reuven Rivlin meets with leaders of Christian communities in Israel for the traditional annual reception to mark the civil New Year on December 27, 2016. (Mark Neiman/GPO)
December 27, 2016, 6:26 pm
Rivlin to Christian leaders: We must speak, act, pray for Syria
At annual reception, president calls on international community to build trust between Israelis and Palestinians
By ToI Staff
Pope Francis, right, talks with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in the former Convent Mater Ecclesiae at the Vatican, November 19, 2016. (L'Osservatore Romano/pool photo via AP)
November 19, 2016, 8:31 pm
Pope cautions against those who ‘raise walls, label people’
Welcoming new cardinals in Vatican ceremony, Francis decries ‘virus’ of polarization over race and faith
By Frances D'Emilio
Irma Escuero, of New York, holds a statue of Mother Teresa prior to the start of a mass celebrated by Pope Francis where will be canonized in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, on September 4, 2016. (Gregorio Borgia/AP Photo)
September 4, 2016, 2:10 pm
Pope declares Mother Teresa a saint, model of mercy
Beatification of Nobel Prize-winning Albanian-Indian nun feted in Rome, Kolkata, Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo
By Nicole Winfield
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