search
Second Vatican Council
Pope Francis during the weekly general audience on May 8, 2019, at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP)
May 12, 2019, 1:57 pm
Pope urged by Jews to take care over Pharisees talk
References to the ancient Jewish sect, a precursor of rabbinic Judaism criticized by Jesus, were for centuries an expression of Christian anti-Semitism
By AFP and TOI staff
Pope Francis salutes members of the Christian Workers' Movement during an audience on January 16, 2016 in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican. (AFP Photo/Vincenzo Pinto)
January 16, 2016, 5:10 pm
While welcoming pope’s gestures, some Jews question Israel stance
Vatican’s recognition of Palestinian state has raised ire in Jerusalem, though top rabbi insists pontiff is greatly supportive of Jewish state
By Nicole Winfield
President Reuven Rivlin sits with Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal and Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III at his residence in Jerusalem in honor of the upcoming New Year, on December 28, 2015. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
December 29, 2015, 1:02 am
Rivlin hosts Christian leaders ahead of New Year
Presidential reception urges tolerance, marks 50 years since ‘Nostra Aetate’ revolution in Catholic-Jewish relations
By Keren Preiskel
Pope Francis prays at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City on May 26, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Thomas Coex)
December 10, 2015, 6:18 pm
Vatican calls on Catholics to stop trying to convert Jews
Declaration asserts Jewish people can be saved without converting, urges Christians to work with them to fight anti-Semitism
By TOI staff and AFP
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, right, kisses the hand of Pope John Paul II during a ceremony at the Vatican. Bergoglio, who since then became Pope Francis, cleared Pope John Paul II for sainthood (photo credit: AP/Sergio Rubin)
April 27, 2014, 8:34 am
The newest saints and the future of Catholic-Jewish relations
John Paul II honed John XXIII’s revolutionary teachings on Jews, but issues remain between the two faith communities
By Lazar Berman
March 21, 2013, 9:59 am
Pope salutes ‘special spiritual bond’ with Jews
Francis I makes remarks during interfaith meeting attended by several Jewish leaders
Pope Francis waves to crowds as he arrives at his inauguration Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
March 19, 2013, 10:59 am
Pope Francis urges protection of nature, weak
St. Peter’s square in Vatican City fills for new pontiff installation Mass
By Nicole Winfield
Illustrative photo of the Vatican (photo credit: AP/Pier Paolo Cito)
January 16, 2013, 10:13 pm
Vatican slams breakaway group for anti-Semitism
Cardinal calls Jew hatred ‘non-Christian,’ questions validity of Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X
January 9, 2013, 7:38 pm
Vatican rejects sect leader’s calling Jews ‘enemies of the church’
Such a description is ‘impossible,’ says representative of Pope Benedict XVI
January 7, 2013, 6:53 pm
Head of radical Catholic sect calls Jews ‘enemies’
Vatican has not responded publicly to remarks by Society of St. Pius X leader
Load More