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August 6, 2013, 5:19 pm
TV show with rabbi, future pope claims Argentine Emmy
Local version of Israeli drama ‘In Treatment’ take prize for best miniseries, leading list of additional Jewish winners
Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Gregorio Borgia)
July 5, 2013, 7:46 pm
Pope Francis to meet relatives of AMIA bombing victims
Talks will mark anniversary of 1994 blast that killed 85 at Buenos Aires Jewish community building
Shimon Peres meets with Enrico Letta and Italian leaders (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO)
May 1, 2013, 3:06 pm
Peres honored by the people of Assisi
President asks city to pray for an end to bloodshed
By ToI Staff
President Shimon Peres meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican on April 30, 2013. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
April 30, 2013, 5:42 pm
Pope Francis says he wants to visit Israel in near future
Peres tells pontiff the sooner he makes journey the better it will be for the peace process; no date set for trip, which would be Bergoglio’s second, after a sojourn at start of 1973 Yom Kippur War
By ToI Staff
President Shimon Peres meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican on April 30, 2013. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
April 30, 2013, 4:57 pm
Peres invites Pope to make (second) visit to Israel
President tells pontiff trip would be welcomed with ‘enthusiasm and love by all’
By ToI Staff
President Shimon Peres seen with El Al CEO Eliezer Shkedi before boarding a plane on his way for an official visit with the Pope in Rome, Italy, April 29. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
April 29, 2013, 9:06 pm
Peres heads to Rome to meet the pope
President to invite Francis to make what would be his second visit to Israel
By ToI Staff
Pope Francis at the Vatican (photo credit: AP/Alessandra Tarantino)
April 21, 2013, 2:40 pm
Pope Francis visited Israel in 1973, just as Yom Kippur War broke out
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, then in his mid-30s, spent six days confined to his Jerusalem hotel, studying the Letters of Saint Paul to the Corinthians
By David Horovitz and Gavriel Fiske
Pope Francis I waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (photo credit:AP/Gregorio Borgia)
March 22, 2013, 2:20 pm
Pope calls for dialogue with Islam, outreach to China
Francis I aims to to enhance rapport among different religions, deepen the church’s outreach to atheists
By Nicole Winfield
March 21, 2013, 10:10 am
Book by pope and rabbi to be translated to English
May release date set for transcript of conversations on religious and political topics
Claudio Epelman (left) and Julio Schlosser (photo credit: courtesy World Jewish Congress/Michael Thaidigsmann)
March 18, 2013, 5:15 pm
‘Our Christmas dinners with the pope’
Argentina’s Jewish leaders describe an extraordinary relationship with Francis I, who comes to synagogue for ‘selichot’ and loaned out a cathedral for a Shoah event
By Gavriel Fiske
Pope Francis I waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (photo credit:AP/Gregorio Borgia)
March 14, 2013, 8:42 pm
New pope hopes for ‘renewed collaboration’ with Jews
Francis I begins tenure by sending friendly letter to Rome’s chief rabbi
By Philip Podolsky
Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio who chose the name of Francis is the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church (photo credit: AP/Gregorio Borgia)
March 14, 2013, 4:43 am
Pope Francis: Simple image, complex past
In Argentina, new pontiff still faces questions over church’s perceived inaction during military dictatorship of 70s and 80s
By Brian Murphy and Michael Warren
Pope Francis (photo credit: AP/Natacha Pisarenko/File)
March 13, 2013, 11:49 pm
New pope has history of good relations with Jewish community
Jorge Mario Bergoglio was first to sign petition demanding justice in AMIA bombing; rabbi calls him a ‘warm and sweet and modest man’
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