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Worshippers conducting services on Easter Sunday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, April 5, 2026. (Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem)
April 12, 2026, 5:26 pm
Easter prayer fiasco, resolved too late, shows Christians still treated as afterthought
Netanyahu boasted about protecting worshipers once row over Holy Sepulchre access was fixed; without serious attention to policy, he’ll continue rushing to clean up scandals after the harm has been done
By Lazar Berman
Dr. Karma Ben-Johanan, a researcher on Jewish-Christian relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Hartman Institute. (Courtesy of Assaf Feldman)
October 28, 2025, 3:06 pm
As Nostra Aetate turns 60, Oct. 7 has pushed Jewish-Catholic ties to new ‘crossroads’
Amid events in Vatican celebrating document that reshaped relations with Jews, Israeli expert Karma Ben-Johanan says ties are affected by Church’s shifting focus to Global South
By Rossella Tercatin
Anne Doliwa, a Catholic pilgrim from California, visiting Rome with her family, in St. Peter’s Square on September 15, 2025. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)
September 18, 2025, 11:40 am
In St. Peter’s Square, pilgrims hail new ‘Millennial’ saint, unaware of anti-Jewish undertones
Chief rabbi of Rome says it’s unsurprising many know little of the Church’s history of antisemitism, but focusing on newly canonized Carlo Acutis’s work is not the right way to address it
By Rossella Tercatin
Jewish and Christian worshipers pray at the Temple Mount in honor of Charlie Kirk on September 17, 2025. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
September 18, 2025, 6:52 am
Jewish and Christian worshipers sing and pray at Temple Mount in memory of Charlie Kirk
Group led by former Likud MK who survived an assassination attempt worships openly on Temple Mount in remembrance of slain conservative influencer: ‘We are here to pray’
By Charlie Summers
Christian Palestinian mourners bid farewell to Saad Salameh and Foumia Ayyad, killed earlier by errant Israeli tank fire that hit the Holy Family church in Gaza City, during their funeral ceremony at the Saint Porphyrius Church on July 17, 2025. (Omar al-Qattaa/AFP)
July 21, 2025, 10:54 pm
Causing strategic, moral harm, Netanyahu lets others dictate Israel’s ties with Christians
Last week underscored how little control the PM, a longtime friend of evangelicals, exerts over key relationship, as extremists undermine support and army focuses on tactical fight
By Lazar Berman
Pope Leo XIV holds his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, on May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
May 29, 2025, 9:30 am
Pope Leo, invoking Gazan kids’ ‘lifeless bodies,’ calls for truce, hostage release
‘I renew my appeal to the leaders: Cease fire, release all hostages, fully respect humanitarian law,’ says new pontiff in weekly audience, echoing calls of his late predecessor
By Grace Gilson
President Isaac Herzog (L) meets Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on May 18, 2025 (Maayan Toaf / GPO)
May 18, 2025, 10:29 pm
Herzog, Jewish leaders attend pope’s inauguration, hope to mend rift over Gaza war
Jewish delegation to meet Leo on Monday, seeking a different path after relations deteriorated as Francis became harshly critical of Israeli actions in Gaza
By Rossella Tercatin, Nava Freiberg and Agencies
This handout picture released by the Vatican press office shows Pope Francis during a meeting with David Oren, ambassador of Israel to the Holy See, on October 27, 2016 at the Vatican. (AFP)
April 21, 2025, 6:22 pm
Jewish groups mourn Pope Francis, ‘friend of the Jewish people,’ but some are critical
Some voices take issue with the late leader of the Catholic Church over his statements condemning Israeli actions in its war in Gaza
By Zev Stub
Girls pose for pictures on a platform as bubbles are sprayed at them near a lit up Christmas tree, Ramadan Lantern, and Hanukkah menorah displayed at the German Colony area in Israel's northern city of Haifa on December 21, 2024. (Ahmad Gharabli / AFP)
December 23, 2024, 9:56 am
After months of Hezbollah rocket attacks, Haifa’s Christians get ready for Christmas
Without the constant threat of war, residents say they can enjoy the reboot of the northern city’s annual Holiday of Holidays celebration, cancelled last year
By Diana Bletter
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
Pastor John Hagee addresses a conference of Christians United for Israel, National Harbor, Maryland, June 29, 2024. (CUFI/ via JTA)
August 8, 2024, 1:53 am
Pro-Israel US conservatives concerned over isolationism, and antisemitism, on far right
At CUFI annual summit, Christian activists and their Jewish allies address right-wing Republicans who oppose laws defining Jew hatred and want to curb aid to the Jewish state
By Ron Kampeas
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
Christian students enrolled in the master's program for Jewish studies at Yeshiva University read a piece of text from the book of Shemot, or Exodus, while on a tour of the campus guided by Jewish educators. (Courtesy Yeshiva University via JTA)
August 17, 2023, 3:35 am
Yeshiva University launches master’s program for Christian students
The 2-year track at the Modern Orthodox flagship is being called an ‘experiment,’ but what’s certain is that it reflects a growing Evangelical interest in Jewish practices
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Senior Minister Rev. Jacqueline Lewis, right, looks up at the burned remains of Middle Collegiate Church on April 10, 2022 (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
January 12, 2023, 9:25 am
Historic NYC church, housed by synagogue after fire, is greenlit for restoration
East End Temple welcomed Middle Collegiate Church-goers to worship in its sanctuary after it was devastated by massive blaze in 2020
By Jacob Henry
File: In this May 28, 2006 photo, then-pope Benedict XVI walks through the gate of the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim, Poland. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher, File)
January 6, 2023, 9:53 am
Despite some missteps, Benedict XVI was a committed friend to the Jews
The German traditionalist pope, buried Thursday, is often remembered as icy and aloof, but those who knew him say Ratzinger was a warm man who moved Catholic-Jewish ties forward
By Lazar Berman
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