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Illustrative: A statue of Jesus on the facade of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on November 10, 2020. (AP/Andrew Medichini)
March 8, 2026, 11:29 am
US right-wing schism over antisemitism puts ‘Christ is king’ at center of culture war
Phrase has increasingly been used by far-right figures as a hate meme targeting Jews, even as others use it as a sincere declaration of faith
By Peter Smith
Figurines of Carlo Acutis on sale in a souvenir shop in Assisi, where Acutis's body is on display, April 3, 2025. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)
September 6, 2025, 8:04 am
First ‘millennial saint’ is about to be canonized for publicizing miracles with troubling past
On Sept. 7, Pope Leo XIV will confer sainthood on Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia in 2006 at age 15 after platforming ‘bleeding host’ miracles. But a history of antisemitism clouds the fanfare
By Jules Gomes
Christians gather at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem for a mass honoring Pope Francis on April 23, 2025. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)
April 23, 2025, 8:45 pm
At Jerusalem’s holiest church, Catholics mourn Pope Francis with solemn mass
Hundreds gather at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for prayers for the late pontiff led by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, seen as a possible successor
By Rossella Tercatin and Reuters
Shia LaBeouf arrives at the 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards, in Santa Monica, California, February 8, 2020. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
January 6, 2024, 12:32 am
Jewish-born actor Shia LaBeouf converts to Catholicism, intends to become deacon
Actor began process after playing revered Italian saint in 2022 film ‘Padre Pio’; said in interview he never felt real connection to Judaism
By AP and ToI Staff
Church of 'Our Lord in the Attic' (Rebeka Mell/Our Lord in the Attic)
June 28, 2023, 5:21 am
Why a church in Amsterdam’s Red Light District was hidden even as Jewry flourished
Catholic church Our Lord in the Attic was forced underground during Golden Age in which Dutch Jews built large synagogues in public. Now it’s nominated for Europe’s Heritage Label
By Matt Lebovic
Gad Elmaleh is shown at the Angouleme French-Speaking Film Festival in Angouleme, France, Aug. 27, 2022. (Sylvain Lefevre/WireImage/Getty Images via JTA)
November 8, 2022, 9:03 pm
Jewish comedian who was a source of pride for French Jews converts to Catholicism
In a country with high rates of antisemitism, Gad Elmaleh’s success was a comfort for many; ‘Virgin Marie took me under her wing,’ he says
By Cnaan Liphshiz
In this December 6, 2019, file photo, the sun lights the buildings behind the entrance of the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland. (Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
January 25, 2020, 11:49 am
Denouncing hate, Europe’s bishops mark Auschwitz anniversary
Catholic officials also criticize manipulation of truth ‘for immediate political needs’
By Vanessa Gera
Screen grab from 'The First Temptation of Christ,' produced by Rio-based film company Porta dos Fundos (Netflix)
January 9, 2020, 10:29 am
Brazilian judge orders Netflix to remove comedy film with gay Jesus
Streaming company told to stop showing a Christmas special that some called blasphemous and which prompted a gasoline bomb attack on the satirists behind the program
By AP
Filipino Roman Catholic devotees jostle to get the rope that pulls the carriage of the Black Nazarene during a raucous procession to celebrate its feast day, Jan. 9, 2020, in Manila, Philippines (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
January 9, 2020, 10:14 am
Filipino Catholics pray for Mideast peace in huge gathering
Philippines faces a massive crisis if hostilities between the US and Iran escalate and embroil other countries that host many Filipinos, such as Saudi Arabia and Israel
By Jim Gomez
Michel Aupetit, Archbishop of Paris, celebrates the first Mass being celebrated in a side chapel, two months after a devastating fire engulfed the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, Saturday June 15, 2019, in Paris (KTO via AP)
June 16, 2019, 2:13 am
With hard hats and tiny audience, Notre Dame celebrates first Mass since blaze
Two months after devastating fire, priests hail first service at the landmark Gothic cathedral as ‘a true victory’
By AP
In this Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019 photo, parishioners pray during Mass at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
January 31, 2019, 10:06 am
Diverse, international flock awaits Pope Francis’ UAE trip
Crosses are carefully concealed in the seven sheikhdoms, but the Catholic Church believes there are some 1 million adherents there, drawn from the vast foreign labor force
By Jon Gambrell
Pope Francis delivers his speech during a Mass for the closing of the synod of bishops in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Oct. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
November 6, 2018, 5:21 pm
Pope Francis: A Christian cannot be an anti-Semite
In aftermath of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting that left 11 dead, Holy See tells visiting Jews that anti-Semitism contradicts Catholic faith
By JTA
Sr Celia Martin, a Notre Dame de Sion sister, in the cistern located underneath the Ecce Homo building on January 3, 2018. The cistern likely provided water to the ancient Temple 2,000 years ago. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
July 25, 2018, 4:53 am
In Jerusalem, Catholic sisters have Jews teaching the New Testament
The Notre Dame de Sion sisters were founded to pray for the conversion of Jews; today, they are pioneers in Jewish-Catholic relations at the Ecce Homo Center for Biblical Formation
By Melanie Lidman
Pope Francis arrives to host a daylong prayer for peace in the Middle East with an unprecedented gathering of Orthodox patriarchs and Catholic leaders in Bari, southern Italy, Saturday, July 7, 2018 (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
July 7, 2018, 2:06 pm
Pope denounces ‘complicit silence’ on Mideast attacks against Christians
Francis and Orthodox patriarchs pray for peace in region ‘covered by dark clouds of war, violence and destruction’
By Trisha Thomas and Nicole Winfield
Erik Ross
February 12, 2018, 6:37 am
Erik Ross
Poland of lead and of gold
‘The souls of Jew and Gentile floated up in lightness to somewhere under the synagogue ceiling…’
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