Pope Francis
Like many American Jews, Pope Leo XIV is a big fan of baseball. The outfield video board displays a congratulatory message for him at the Chicago White Sox's Rate Field on May 9, 2025. (Abigail Dean/Getty Images)
May 13, 2025, 8:29 pm
We don’t know much about Leo XIV and the Jews. But he could be just the pope for us.
A Jewish professor at a Catholic university makes the case for optimism.
By Ethan Schwartz
April 29, 2025, 8:17 pm
Chronicle poll results: Pope Francis and the Jewish world
We asked our readers if Pope Francis improved relations with the Jewish world. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
April 24, 2025, 10:59 am
How this Marc Chagall painting explains Pope Francis’ soul
“White Crucifixion” marked the start of a series of paintings in which he envisioned Christ as an emblem of Jewish persecution.
By Talya Zax
April 24, 2025, 9:13 am
Chronicle poll question
Do you think Pope Francis improved relations with the Jewish world?
Cardinals look on as the body of Pope Francis is transferred into the Basilica at St Peter’s Square on April 23, 2025 in Vatican City. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
April 23, 2025, 2:38 pm
A Jewish guide to the cardinals who could succeed Francis
Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, is in the running to be the next pope.
By Ben Sales
Pope Francis appears at the central loggia of in St. Peter's Square to deliver the Urbi et Orbi message at the end of the Easter Mass in Vatican City on April 20, 2025. (Isabella Bonotto/Anadolu via Getty Images)
April 21, 2025, 12:30 pm
Pope Francis’ final speech called for ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza war
“The growing climate of antisemitism throughout the world is worrisome,” he said.
By Philissa Cramer
Pope Francis meets with Hispanic Jewish leaders from Argentina, Spain and the United States at the Vatican on Aug. 22 2019. (Courtesy of Hispanic Jewish Foundation)
April 21, 2025, 7:15 am
Pope Francis, who advanced church’s relationships with Jews, dies at 88
“Dialogue and friendship with the children of Israel are part of the life of Jesus’ disciples,” Francis wrote in 2018.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
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. (Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images)
December 16, 2024, 9:52 pm
As improved relations quaver, a new guide aims to educate Catholics about antisemitism
The guide, a collaboration between Jewish and Catholic leaders, lands as Pope Francis’ sharp criticism of Israel has drawn allegations of antisemitism.
By Ben Sales
Rabbi A. James Rudin, a longtime interfaith activist, will be knighted for his work in Catholic-Jewish relations. (Screenshot via YouTube)
November 3, 2022, 12:11 pm
Reform rabbi to be knighted by Pope for his work on Jewish-Catholic relations
Rabbi James Rudin was born in Pittsburgh and spent his early childhood years here.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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