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 Pope Francis, with a large bruise on his chin, arrives to hold an audience with donors of the St. Peter's Square Christmas tree and Nativity scene, at the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, December 7, 2024.

‘This is cruelty, this is not war’: Pope cites Hamas death claims in latest Israel condemnation

 Pope Francis approved the canonization of 16 Carmelite nuns executed during the French Revolution.

Inspiration behind Poulenc's Opera: 16 guillotined nuns canonized by Pope Francis

 Israeli minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli and Pope Francis. (Illustrative)

'Jesus lived and died as a Jew': Chikli slams pope for Vatican keffiyeh nativity display

 Pope Francis welcomed By the people of Kurdistan, 2021.

Pope Francis reveals thwarted 2021 Iraq assassination attempts: female bomber and van

Members of the Palestinian embassy to the Holy See give a keffiyeh, a traditional Palestinian scarf, to Pope Francis during a Christmas ceremony at St Peter's Square at the Vatican, Dec. 7, 2024.

As improved relations quaver, a new guide aims to educate Catholics about antisemitism

By BEN SALES/JTA
 Syrian - Byzantine ecclesiastical building (5th century).

'Walk together in friendship': Pope Francis calls for religious tolerance in post-Assad Syria

 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets Pope Francis at the Vatican, December 12, 2024.

Pope meets Palestinian president to discuss Gaza's 'very serious' needs

By REUTERS
 An installation of a figure symbolising baby Jesus lying amidst the rubble in a grotto ahead of Christmas at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bethlehem in the West Bank November 25, 2024.

'Pope can't rewrite Bible - Jesus was a Jew from Judea, not Palestinian,' Christian leader says

Pope Francis (R) shakes hands with Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas in the Vatican

Pope Francis to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Vatican

By REUTERS
 A bedside mishap. Pope Francis.

A bedside mishap: Pope Francis appears with bruised chin during appointment of 21 new cardinals

 The Popemobile.

Anti-bullfighting activists try to reach Pope Francis motorcade

Pope Francis holds an audience with donors of the St. Peter's Square Christmas tree and Nativity scene, at the Vatican

Baby Jesus in keffiyeh unveiled in Vatican nativity

 Pope Francis looks on, at a mass to open the Synod of Bishops in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, October 2, 2024.

Pope Francis suggests international study into possible genocide in Gaza

By REUTERS
 ELEGANT AND chic atmosphere in the reception area of the Leonardo Boutique Hotel Rome Termini.

Rome gears up for 2025 Jubilee with major renovations and record tourist influx

By MOTTI VERSES
 Pope meets with Israeli soldier

Pope Francis meets wounded Israeli soldier at Vatican

 Pope Francis looks on, at a mass to open the Synod of Bishops in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, October 2, 2024.

Pope Francis calls for worldwide peace to mark anniversary of Hamas attack

 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 Israeli strikes in Lebanon 'beyond morality'

By REUTERS
 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'