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Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Metropolitan Theophilos (C) takes part in the Easter Sunday mass procession inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's old city

Round two of Easter in Jerusalem coming up in a month

By Nicole Jansezian/The Media Line

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

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

POPE FRANCIS leaves after the weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, on Wednesday

My Word: White flags, red flags, giving in, and giving up

By LIAT COLLINS

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

(L-R) South African Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein, Pope Francis

Pope 'colluding with forces of evil' against Jews, South Africa's chief rabbi says

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Pope Francis leads an ecumenical prayer vigil in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, September 30, 2023.

Pope Francis deplores Israeli killings of civilians at Gaza church

By REUTERS

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

Pope deplores end of Israeli-Hamas truce, calls for new ceasefire

By REUTERS

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

Pope says conflict between Israel and Hamas has gone beyond war to 'terrorism'

By REUTERS

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 Francis to meet with Gaza hostages' families

By REUTERS

Pope Francis meets with the delegation of the Conference of European Rabbis at the Vatican, November 6, 2023.

Pope Francis urged to intervene in Israeli hostage crisis

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

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

‘I pray for those families’: Pope Francis calls on Hamas to free Israeli hostages

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA

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

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.

No 'sea of death': Pope calls for pan-European action on migration

By REUTERS

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

Pope says impeding migrant rescues at sea is 'gesture of hate'

By REUTERS

POPE PIUS XII appears in an undated file photo from the archives of Vatican newspaper ‘Osservatore Romano.’

The Vatican knew about the Holocaust, WW2-era letter reveals

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF