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A demonstrator holds a sign across from the Columbia University campus with a student protest encampment in support of Palestinians, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 25, 2024.

American Jews should take a look at Catholic universities

By GREG WEINER , PHD

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

Pope Francis meets with families of Hamas hostages, marks 6-month anniversary

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

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

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

Feast of Thorns ceremony in Jerusalem.

In Jerusalem, Catholics commemorate when Jesus was crowned with thorns

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

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 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

St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.

Vatican eases rules on the ashes of the dead

By REUTERS

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

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 orders reopening of case of prominent priest accused of abuse

By REUTERS

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