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Pope Francis in Israel

Pope Francis prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, Monday, May 26, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/THOMAS COEX)
April 22, 2025, 7:27 pm
Pope Francis cared deeply about Holy Land, Jews, but left ‘sour taste’ after Oct. 7
Scholars of Catholic-Jewish relations remember the pontiff’s warmth, humility; late Church leader made important strides in ties, but lacked a core understanding of Jews’ concerns
By Lazar Berman
Anti-Christian graffiti found on the walls of Jerusalem's Dormition Abbey reads 'Death to the heretical Christians, the enemies of Israel,' January 17, 2016. (The Dormition Abbey)
January 20, 2016, 11:33 am
Israeli teens arrested for defacing church with anti-Christian graffiti
‘Christians to hell’ and ‘Death to the heathen Christians’ were scrawled on the walls of Jerusalem’s Dormition Abbey
By Raoul Wootliff
Anti-Christian graffiti found on the walls of Jerusalem's Dormition Abbey reads 'Death to the heretical Christians, the enemies of Israel,' January 17, 2016. (The Dormition Abbey)
January 17, 2016, 10:30 am
Jerusalem church defaced with anti-Christian graffiti
‘Christians to Hell’ and ‘Death to the heathen Christians’ among slogans scrawled on the walls of Dormition Abbey
By Tamar Pileggi
Philip Graubart
June 8, 2014, 9:24 pm
Philip Graubart
Peres and Abbas should learn, not pray
The Pope’s idea of prayer as a means to achieving peace is a distinctly un-Jewish approach
Pope Francis prays against the security barrier at Bethlehem, May 25, 2014 (photo credit: Nour Shamaly/Flash90)
June 6, 2014, 4:49 am
The pope’s visit confounded many, and maybe that was the point
Is Francis, whose message of peace was overshadowed by political passions and who is about to host Peres and Abbas in the Vatican, a naif or an inspired visionary?
By Lazar Berman
Alon Goshen-Gottstein
June 1, 2014, 9:15 am
Alon Goshen-Gottstein
10 lessons from the Pope’s visit
Among the take aways: Pope Francis is a man of prayer, he’s human and Israel lost the chest decoration war
Joshua Hammerman
May 31, 2014, 11:45 am
Joshua Hammerman
The human face of blessing
On his visit in Israel, the Pope embodied love over doctrine just as Jews should favor kindness over law
Illustrative photo of a price tag attack (Gershom Elinson/Flash90)
May 29, 2014, 11:23 pm
Israel charges two in anti-Arab ‘price tag’ attacks
16-year-old stands accused of vandalizing dentist’s office in northern city of Yokne’am earlier this month
By ToI Staff
Pope Francis seen with President Shimon Peres at a ceremony held at the president's residence in Jerusalem, on May 26, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 29, 2014, 8:50 pm
Peres, Abbas to pray for peace at Vatican on June 8
Presidents of Israel, Palestinian Authority take up invitation from Pope Francis to come to Rome
By AFP
Pope Francis seen praying in front of the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalem's Old City, on May 26, 2014. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
May 29, 2014, 6:25 pm
Pope’s Western Wall note leaked to press
Heritage foundation publishes pontiff’s handwritten missive, which consists of Spanish version of Lord’s Prayer
By Stuart Winer
Pope Francis walks to the top of the stairs leading to his plane as he leaves Rome for the Middle East on Saturday, May 24, 2014. (photo credit: Filippo Monteforte/AFP)
May 29, 2014, 3:26 pm
How the pope triumphed over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Francis’ unorthodox ideology saved him from traps that have ensnared other world leaders, and helped him score a victory for the Catholic Church
By Haviv Rettig Gur
R. Steven Notley
May 28, 2014, 3:48 pm
R. Steven Notley
Your Holiness, Bibi was right – Jesus spoke Hebrew!
The Pope expressed a now disproven belief that Aramaic was the only language in wide use during Jesus’ time
Pope Francis prays against the security barrier at Bethlehem, May 25, 2014 (photo credit: Nour Shamaly/Flash90)
May 28, 2014, 2:42 am
A message of peace in the ever-present shadow of the conflict
The Palestinians placed him in front of ‘the wall,’ the Israelis responded by showing him why they need it, and the pope held to his characteristic theme of tolerance
By Ben Sales
Rabbi Amnon Yitzchak (photo credit: Nati Shoat/Flash90)
May 27, 2014, 6:35 pm
Popular Israeli rabbi derides pope
Amnon Yitzhak pans ‘impure’ chief rabbis for ‘sinful’ meeting with the ‘idol’ Francis
By Yifa Yaakov
Christian pilgrims seen inside the Church of the Nativity, in Bethlehem, on May 21, 2014. (photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 27, 2014, 6:22 pm
Fire breaks out in Church of the Nativity
Fallen oil lamp blamed for blaze, which was doused before it could cause serious damage
By Stuart Winer
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