Catholic church

Time for a Muslim Nostra Aetate: Reflections on 60 years of Catholic rapprochement toward Jews

Just as Nostra Aetate led to reconciliation between Judaism and Christianity, a similar document is needed to lead to a rapprochement between Judaism and Islam.

|ByALAN ROSENBAUM
(FROM L): RABBI Yakov Nagen; Rafi Nahra, patriarchal vicar for Israel, based in Nazareth; and Rabbi Sarel Rosenblatt at the Vatican.
Pope Leo XIV presides over the Ecumenical Vespers at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, on January 25, 2026 in Rome, Italy.

Pope Leo asks God for 'a world with no more antisemitism' on Holocaust Remembrance Day

"On this annual occasion of painful remembrance, I ask the Almighty for the gift of a world with no more antisemitism," Pope Leo said.

|ByREUTERS, LEO FEIERBERG BETTER
Pope Leo XIV addresses the crowd during a meeting with bishpops, priests consacrated persons and personal workers at the shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa, northeast of the capital Beirut, on December 1, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV challenges Illinois governor over end-of-life legislation

The Illinois bill, which takes effect next September, gives terminally ill adults with a prognosis of six months or less the option to request a medical prescription to end their lives.

|ByREUTERS
President Isaac Herzog meets with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, September 4, 2025.

Israel's Herzog, Pope Leo discuss rise in worldwide antisemitism ahead of Christmas

The pope expressed his pride in Israel’s diverse and thriving Christian communities, who will gather at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem for an annual festive meeting in the coming weeks.

|ByESTHER DAVIS

Tough bail conditions set for Ukraine Orthodox cleric

Metropolitan Pavlo had been under house arrest since April on suspicion of inflaming religious hatred and justifying the Russian invasion of Ukraine launched in February 2022.

JULY 15, 2023ByREUTERS
Members of the State Security Service of Ukraine read an accusation letter to abbot of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra Metropolitan Pavlo of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, accused of being linked to Moscow, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a compound of the monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine April 1, 2023.

Grapevine: Jerusalem’s new cardinal

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JULY 14, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa arrives to the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on the eve of the Christmas holiday December 24, 2022.

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem to be made cardinal in September

The new cardinals will come from countries including the United States, Italy, the pope's native Argentina, Hong Kong, and several others. 

JULY 9, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa arrives to the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on the eve of the Christmas holiday December 24, 2022.

Ex-nun sues Texas Catholic church after being fired for breaking vow of chastity

The former Catholic Nun is seeking 1 million USD after she was fired for having sexual interactions over the phone with a priest.

JULY 1, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Nuns hold their crosses during a mass to celebrate Pope Francis' 10th anniversary as pontiff, at the Buenos Aires Cathedral, in Buenos Aires, Argentina March 13, 2023.

US Catholic bishop resigns after investigation of abuse cover-up

Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a Tennessee bishop who was facing allegations that he had mishandled a sexual abuse investigation.

JUNE 27, 2023ByREUTERS
Pope Francis blesses attendees after celebrating Easter Mass at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 4, 2021

Pope to meet clergy sexual abuse victims in Portugal

JUNE 6, 2023ByREUTERS
Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer from a window of the Apostolic Palace at Saint Peter's Square, at the Vatican, February 27, 2022.

Vatican 'foreign minister' talks Middle East, Ukraine, China and antisemitism - interview

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher discusses foreign policy and antisemitism with a representative from the American Jewish Committee.

JUNE 1, 2023ByLISA PALMIERI-BILLIG
PAUL RICHARD Gallagher, Vatican Secretary for Relations, meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Vatican, earlier this month.

Catholics celebrate 'miracle' as body of long-dead nun found 'incorrupt'

Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster died at the age of 95 but 4 years later, her body seemingly hasn't decayed. This "incorruptibility" has in the past been seen as a sign of sainthood.

MAY 28, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Catholic nun is seen praying (Illustrative).

Decades of alleged sexual abuse by Maryland priests detailed in report

The report described that history as one of "repeated dismissal or cover up of that abuse by the Catholic Church hierarchy."

APRIL 5, 2023ByREUTERS
Storm clouds pass over a Roman Catholic church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. August 14, 2018

Pope Francis has respiratory infection, needs hospital treatment

The Vatican said the 86-year-old pope had complained of breathing difficulties in recent days. It added that tests showed he did not have COVID-19.

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