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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 628

Holy See

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
May 9, 2025, 3:06 am
Expressing openness to improving Vatican ties, Israeli leaders welcome new pope
Herzog sends ‘warmest wishes from Jerusalem,’ looks forward to ‘enhancing’ relations with Holy See; Foreign Ministry says it hopes to soon welcome Pope Leo XIV on a visit
By ToI Staff
The book of the gospels lays on the coffin of late Pope Francis during the funeral ceremony at St Peter's Square in the Vatican on April 26, 2025. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)
April 26, 2025, 5:36 pm
Pope Francis laid to rest as hundreds of thousands flock to Vatican for his funeral
Ceremony bidding farewell to the Argentine pontiff attended by world leaders, royalty and masses of Catholic faithful; top Israeli officials stay away amid tensions over Gaza war
By Reuters and ToI Staff
FILE - Pope Francis is flanked by Israel's President Shimon Peres, right, and PA President Mahmoud Abbas during an evening of peace prayers in the Vatican gardens, June 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
April 21, 2025, 3:19 pm
‘Man of boundless compassion’: Leaders in Israel, Mideast mourn death of Pope Francis
Condolences offered by Herzog, PA’s Abbas, Hamas leaders, Lebanon, Iran and European Jewish leaders, who all hail his commitment to peace and interfaith dialogue
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Pope Francis (R) listens to US President Donald Trump during a private audience at the Vatican on May 24, 2017. (Evan Vucci/Pool/AFP)
February 14, 2025, 12:46 am
Vatican rejects Trump’s Gaza plan, says Palestinians must ‘stay on their land’
Top official says ‘no deportations’ is one of the Holy See’s key policies, a week after pope clashed with US administration over its illegal immigration crackdown
By AFP and ToI Staff
World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder gives Pope Francis a 'Kishreinu' (Hebrew for 'Our Bond') document marking influence of the Catholic Church's Nostra Aetate declaration on Catholic-Jewish relations, October 19, 2023. (Shahar Azran/WJC via JTA)
October 24, 2023, 4:26 pm
In a first, a Jewish organization opens an office at the Vatican
World Jewish Congress president Ronald Lauder visits Pope Francis while inaugurating the organization’s ‘representative office to the Holy See’ late last week
By Gabe Friedman
A worker is pictured inside the Apostolic Nunciature to Italy in Rome on October 31, 2018. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP)
October 31, 2018, 7:50 pm
Missing girl’s family demands Vatican reveal truth on discovered bones
Holy See says human remains, possibly belonging to Italian teen, found on property left to it by Jewish fascist who later became Catholic
By Ella Ide
Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli (Courtesy)
September 13, 2017, 4:50 pm
Pope appoints new Vatican ambassador to Israel
In addition to serving as Holy See’s top envoy to Jewish state, Leopoldo Girelli to also be apostolic delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine
By ToI Staff
This file photo taken on April 10, 2015 shows Laurent Stefanini, then French President Francois Hollande's chief of protocol, at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (Alain Jocard/AFP)
April 7, 2016, 5:38 am
After Vatican ‘snub,’ France sends gay diplomat to UNESCO
Laurent Stefanini’s appointment was viewed as a ‘provocation’ by the Holy See, Catholic newspaper reported
By AFP
Pope Francis pauses after laying a wreath of flowers in the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on May 26, 2014. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)
January 29, 2016, 12:27 am
Vatican officials say pope likely to visit Auschwitz
Following predecessors, Francis expected to go to Nazi death camp during upcoming Poland trip
By Raoul Wootliff
Pope Francis (AFP PHOTO / ALBERTO PIZZOLI)
January 2, 2016, 11:03 pm
Vatican’s first official accord with Palestine takes effect
Announced in June, agreement covers Church’s operations in Palestinian territories, recognizes sovereignty there
By AFP
Pope Francis exchanges gifts with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during an audience at the Vatican Saturday, May 16, 2015.(Alberto Pizzoli/Pool Photo via AP)
May 18, 2015, 1:44 pm
Did the pope call Abbas an ‘angel of peace’? Depends who you ask
Chief Vatican spokesman says he ‘did not hear the exact words spoken’ at Saturday’s meeting but believes Francis was encouraging a commitment to peace
By Raphael Ahren
Colored balloons released by children fly next to a statue, at the end of the noon Angelus prayer recited by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015. (photo credit: AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
January 25, 2015, 4:10 pm
Balloons Vatican’s new peace symbol
Holy See adopts custom after animal rights activists protest use of doves
By AP
Pope Paul VI, circa 1963 (Wikimedia Commons, public domain)
October 19, 2014, 10:05 pm
First pontiff to visit Israel beatified by Church
Pope Paul VI, known for opening dialogue with Jewish world, moves one step closer to sainthood
By JTA and ToI Staff
An illustrative photo of Egyptian women waiting in line outside a polling station last December. (photo credit: AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
March 16, 2013, 10:45 am
131 countries adopt UN plan to combat violence against women
In surprise move, head of Egypt’s delegation ignores Muslim Brotherhood’s strong objections and signs on to the initiative
South Sudan migrants gather in Tel Aviv to protest against Israel's immigration policy (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)
June 11, 2012, 2:12 pm
All the news that fits in print
Everything from Syrian battles to accidental chemo is smushed into today’s papers
By Joshua Davidovich
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