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By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
‘It is so difficult to comfort a mother’s tears,’ Francis tells the delegation at the Vatican.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The habit of persecuting Jews is beginning to be reborn. Brothers and sisters: This is neither human nor Christian; the Jews are our brothers and sisters, and must not be persecuted! Understood?”
By JNi.Media
A report on the effort says successful achievements included “buy-in of individual bishops to more publicly voice support of economic and racial justice messages."
Sha'i deconstructs the lie of territories illegally occupied by Israel.
There is one problem with the Palestinian Authority version: The church was under renovations and was without electricity.
Bye-bye Boehner
Pope Francis invited the President of Israel for his first official visit to the Vatican.
The Vatican, a non-member of the UN, wants its flag flying when the pope visits. The PA is trying to hitch its flag for a free ride.
Americans' fear of the ISIS is turning terror into the major election issue.
Francis apparently wouldn't recognize the Angel of Death if it stared him in the face.
Fort Hood shooter sends threatening letter to Pope praising jihad, U.S. classified his murders "workplace violence."
There is a certain unwordliness to the pope’s call for a two-state solution, an obliviousness to the reality on the ground.
Just two days after the Pope visited Bethlehem, there was a fire in the Church of the Nativity. Coincidence?
By Batya Medad
The pope's "even-handedness" was an affront by equating the State of Israel with that band of Arab terrorists.
Rabbi Moshe Tzedakah, rosh yeshiva of Porat Yosef in the Old City of Jerusalem, said Monday that individuals who intentionally went to see Pope Francis during his visit to Israel had become “tamei,” or ritually impure. According to the shteible.net website, the rabbi ruled that anyone who saw the pope’s face must bathe in a […]
Arab anger over the Pope's visit to Mt. Herzl reveals their problem is the existence of a Jewish State.
It is now time that G-d’s hidden intention, which has guided all of history to this day, be revealed to all.
Pope asked to dine with poor families, but church leaders instead use locals as props to slam Israel!
The Vatican has confirmed it has no plans to attempt a sovereignty grab at King David’s tomb, for now.
The Palestinian Authority is hoping to use the upcoming visit by Pope Francis as a political pipebomb.
The familiar symbol of the Israeli flag that adorns El Al airplanes will be accompanied the logo of the Vatican when the airline brings Pope Francis back from Israel to the Vatican after his visit in May. A specially selected crew will man the plane, which will carry the pope, 30 church officials and dozens […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Pope Francis has been forced to cancel his planned trip to Israel in May due to a labor dispute within the Israeli Foreign Ministry. The Pope, who has garnered considerable acclaim from Jewish leaders for his push for stronger Jewish-Christian relations, announced the trip to Israel and Jordan in January. The visit was scheduled to […]
By JTA
Jewish religious leaders are part of an Argentine delegation following the path that Pope Francis will take on his scheduled May visit to the Middle East. The 45-member delegation of businesspeople, politicians and interfaith leaders is leaving Argentina on Tuesday for its trip to Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan. The group is scheduled to […]
By JTA
Pope Francis called on Jews and Christians to work together to construct a “more just and fraternal world,” and said he looked forward to his upcoming visit to Israel. Francis made his remarks during an audience at the Vatican on Thursday with a 50-member delegation of American Jewish Committee leaders. He called his visit to […]
Maybe the crow and the seagull know something that most of us know but the pope won’t believe.
By JTA
Pope Francis will visit Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority in May. The pontiff made the formal announcement of his long-anticipated trip from his Vatican window before a crowd who had gathered in St. Peter’s Square on a rainy Sunday. “In the climate of joy, typical of this Christmas season, I wish to announce that […]
Pope Francis’ first Christmas message was full of hope for peace in war-torn Syria and South Sudan, the “often and overlooked” war-torn Central African Republic and - as if the chaos and mutual barbarity are comparable – for a “favorable” outcome” in talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. He made no mention of what […]
Pope Francis will make his first official visit to Israel for only 48 hours in late May, Israel media reported Thursday. The trip is scheduled for May 25-26 and the pope reportedly will conduct mass only in Bethlehem, in the Palestinian Authority, and not in Jerusalem. He probably will probably visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust […]
By JTA
Rabbi Sergio Bergman, wearing a colorful yarmulke, was sworn in to Argentina’s National Parliament Wednesday on a Tanach when he swore the oath of office before “God, the motherland and the sacred scriptures of the Bible, the Tanach.” Bergman, the first rabbi to take office as a national legislator, was one of Argentina’s 127 newly […]
By JTA
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu presented Pope Francis Monday with a copy of the book “The Origins of the Inquisition in Fifteenth Century Spain,” a Tel Aviv scholarly publication of some of the worst things the Catholic Church has done to Jews. The book was written by the Prime Minister’s late father Benzion, who wrote of […]
By JTA
Pope Francis, reacting to the disruption of a recent interfaith Kristallnacht memorial in Buenos Aires, Argentina, told Latin American religious leaders visiting the Vatican that “aggression cannot be an act of faith.” “Preaching intolerance is a form of militancy that must be overcome,” Francis told the delegation on Tuesday. The pope made his remarks a […]
By JTA
Pope Francis reaffirmed his commitment to fighting discrimination and furthering Jewish-Catholic dialogue. During an audience at the Vatican Thursday with a 60-member delegation from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Francis said that he has “repeated many times, in recent weeks, the church’s condemnation of any form of anti-Semitism.” Such condemnations were just part of the solution, […]
By JTA
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not meet with Pope Francis during a visit to Rome, as the Israeli leader’s office had announced. The Vatican reportedly never was asked to schedule a meeting for this week, and due to complex and conservative Vatican protocol cannot schedule a visit with one week’s notice, which would be insulting. […]
By JTA
Pope Francis in a meeting with Jewish leaders sent Rosh Hashanah greetings to Jews worldwide and expressed “concern” at the ban on kosher slaughter in Poland. At an audience Monday at the Vatican with World Jewish Congress heads, the pope said he was directing a cardinal to investigate the situation in Poland, where a ban […]
Fr. Peter Vasko, President of the Franciscan Foundation for the Holy Land (FFHL), heralded Pope Francis’ announcement that he may visit the Holy Land next year as an opportunity for the “whole world to see the plight of Christians in the area. Vasko said the pontiff’s presence would also “shine a light on the dwindling […]
By JTA
Pope Francis said at an on-board airplane news conference Monday that he may visit Israel as early as next year. On his return flight from Brazil to the Vatican, the pope said he was considering a visit to the Holy Land next year, according to The Associated Press. Pope Francis accepted an invitation to visit […]
Blunt and forthright, he declared that “Due to our common roots, a Christian cannot be anti-Semitic!”
By JTA
Pope Francis condemned anti-Semitism during a meeting on Monday with representatives of the international Jewish community at the Vatican. “Because of our commons roots, a true Christian cannot be anti-Semitic,” Francis told a delegation of the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations. He added that the Catholic Church “firmly condemns hatred, persecution and all manifestations […]
Pope Francis sent President Shimon Peres a letter with blessings for his 90th birthday, which is to be marked on August 2. Celebrations towards the day began more than a month ago. The pope quoted a verse in Psalms and paraphrased the Priestly Blessing as a personal note for President Peres. Pope Francis wrote, “On […]
The Muslim leader of al-Azhar offered to renew ties with the Vatican, but strongly suggested Pope Francis start off by proclaiming that Islam is a peaceful religion. A Coptic organization has suggested that Muslim leaders are the only ones who can make Islam a peaceful religion, and encouraged the Imam to take on that task.
Peres, the pope and the word “peace’" are virtually interchangeable. All three of them get together next week to try to resurrect the peace process. And don’t forget Kerry is a Catholic more or less.
June 26, 2026 
