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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: 'I stand with Rachel Goldberg-Polin during this time'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Pope Francis reacts on the day he holds a weekly general audience at Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, June 26, 2024.

Catholic Church split on women deacons, Vatican document shows

Pope Francis greets people as he arrives for the weekly general audience at Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, June 19, 2024.

Pope Francis considering making trip to Israel

By JOSH ARONSON

Pope Francis gestures from a balcony at St. Peter's Square, on Easter Sunday, at the Vatican March 31, 2024.

Vatican tightens procedures on supposed 'supernatural events'

By REUTERS

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

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 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