Tag: Pope Francis

Pope Francis has expressed his concern over the increase in attacks against Jews worldwide following the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
Chief Rabbi of Israel David Lau has called on Pope Francis to retract recent comments in which he seemed to accuse both Israel and Hamas of terrorism.
The author discusses whether Pope Francis truly has an affinity for the Jewish people or if it is merely a publicity stunt.
A group of Jewish scholars and religious leaders have written an open letter to Pope Francis and the Catholic Church, asking them to condemn Hamas and affirm Israel's right to exist and defend itself.
The Vatican has beatified the Ulma family from Poland, including Jzef and Wiktoria Ulma and their six children, who were recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations for hiding eight Jews during the Holocaust.
Pope Francis recently made headlines when he spoke out against the criminalization of homosexuality, but also reiterated that homosexual activity is a sin.
The Ukrainian Catholic Church in America has become a crucial link in providing support to Ukraine since the Russian invasion in 2022.
The Vatican has recently decided to open the papal archives of Pope Pius XII, sparking hope among historians to uncover information about the Catholic Church's actions during the Holocaust.
Rabbi David Rosen, Director of International Interreligious Affairs at AJC, recently attended meetings with Pope Francis and senior Church officials in the Vatican, discussing Catholic-Jewish relations and the forthcoming unsealing of WWII-era Church archives.