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 Abortion rights protesters demonstrate after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Dobbs v Women’s Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 27, 2022.

60% of US Catholics say abortion should be legal, reflecting political divides within the Church

 Pope Francis looks on from a balcony, on the day he delivers his "Urbi et Orbi" (To the city and the world) message at St. Peter's Square, on Easter Sunday, at the Vatican March 31, 2024.

Pope Francis calls for Gaza ceasefire in Easter address

By REUTERS
 Greece's Orthodox Church, Ieronymos II and Bishop Brian Farrell, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, attend a ceremony to mark the return of three Parthenon fragments from the Vatican, at the Parthenon Gallery of the Acropolis Museum, in Athens, Greece March 24, 2023.

Pope expels disgraced former bishop, says Belgian church

By REUTERS
 Pope Francis reacts during the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 20, 2024.

'War is always a defeat': Pope calls to end wars in Gaza, Ukraine

By REUTERS
 Pope Francis holds a weekly general audience in Paul VI hall, at the Vatican, August 30, 2023.

Pope Francis calls for studies into 'ugly' gender theory

By REUTERS
Israel police car (Illustrative)

Brazilian priest indicted in Jerusalem over pedophilia allegations

 Pope Francis speaks during a meeting with members of Catholic Charismatic Renewal International Service (CHARIS) at the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, November 4, 2023

Pope sees 'hypocrisy' in those who criticize LGBT blessings

By REUTERS
 Pope Francis reacts as he attends a meeting at Palais du Pharo, on the occasion of the Mediterranean Meetings (MED 2023), in Marseille, France, September 23, 2023.

Pope condemns anti-Judaism, antisemitism amid new wave of attacks against Jews

By REUTERS
 Pope Francis leads the weekly general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, October 11, 2023.

Pope says Africans are 'special case' when it comes to LGBT blessings

By REUTERS
 MAREK HLASKO: Israel in the 1950s, through his eyes.

Jerusalem highlights January 19 – 25

 CNN guest Father Edward Beck compares the Roman occupation of Judea to Israel. December 25, 2023.

Priest on CNN says Christmas is story of 'Palestinian Jew' living in 'occupied' country

 Interior Minister Moshe Arbel is seen meeting with Jerusalem's Latin patriarch Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa

Interior min. meets cardinal who offered himself for hostage children

 A basketball passing through a hoop.

After 47 years and 900 wins, this Jewish basketball coach is a legend at his Catholic college

By GREG LEVINSKY/JTA
 World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder gives Pope Francis a a “Kishreinu” (Hebrew for “Our Bond”) document marking influence of the Catholic Church's Nostra Aetate declaration on Catholic-Jewish relations, Oct. 19, 2023.

In a first, a Jewish organization opens an office at the Vatican

By GABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
 Mgr Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem

Jerusalem Catholic Patriarch offers to be exchanged for Gaza hostages

By REUTERS
 POPE FRANCIS blesses new Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa during a consistory ceremony to elevate Roman Catholic prelates to the rank of cardinal, in Saint Peter’s square at the Vatican last week.

The first resident cardinal in Jerusalem's history

 Members of security forces, people and a priest work at a site where a church roof collapsed during Sunday mass in Ciudad Madero, in Tamaulipas state, Mexico in this handout picture distributed to Reuters on October 1, 2023

Mexican church roof collapses during Sunday mass killing 9, about 30 others missing

By REUTERS
 More morning-oriented individuals may benefit from higher psychological wellbeing thanks to both personality characteristics and attitudes toward religion.

Curiosity about religion is viewed as morally virtuous, new research finds