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A church is seen on the day Portugal's commission investigating allegations of historical child sexual abuse by members of the Portuguese Catholic church will unveil its report, in Lisbon, Portugal, February 13, 2023.

Spain's Catholic Church to compensate sexual abuse victims

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 orders reopening of case of prominent priest accused of abuse

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

Pope Francis cements legacy, stamps Church future with new cardinals

By REUTERS

Cardinal-elect Pierbattista Pizzaballa at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem during Easter week, 2023.

Vatican Jerusalem Cardinal appointment signals diplomatic and religious intentions

By Nicole Jansezian/The Media Line

Auschwitz concentration camp, operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during the Holocaust.

Catholic Church beatifies Polish family for sheltering Jews

By REUTERS

Pope Pius XII at the end of Mass.

WWII -era documents name Jews aided by Catholics in fascist Rome

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 29, 2023.

Ukrainian Catholic bishops rebuke pope over his Russia comments

By REUTERS

A VIEW OF the 14th century Chapel Bridge in Lucerne.

A Swiss university is hiring its next Jewish studies professor. Jews need not apply.

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA

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

Pope decries 'terrible world war' on environment, announces new writing

By REUTERS

Pope Francis holds the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 8, 2023.

Pope Francis laments 'reactionary,' politicized, US Catholic Church

By REUTERS

AN EMPTY classroom in an east Jerusalem school, closed in protest at ‘Israeli censorship’ of PA-autorized school textbooks, last year.

Catholic students asked to behave 'consistent with their biological sex'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Pregnant woman suffers from depression (Illustrative)

US court rules against woman fired by Catholic school over pregnancy

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Rabbi Eliezer Berland covered with a prayer shawl arrives for a court hearing arrives for a police investigation at a police station in Jerusalem, November 2, 2021.

Rabbi Eliezer Berland: No one is to go to Stella Maris monastery

By YOAV ETIEL/WALLA

Pope Francis holds the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 8, 2023.

Huge billboard in Lisbon puts spotlight on clergy abuse as pope arrives

By REUTERS

People participate in a vigil in support of the 4,815 children that were sexually abused by members of the Portuguese Catholic Church, according to the commission investigating the issue, in Lisbon, Portugal, February 22, 2023.

Pope to Portugal for bittersweet 'Catholic Woodstock'

By REUTERS

St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.

Israeli scholars delve into Vatican’s Hebrew manuscript collection