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Pope Leo XIV incenses the tomb of St. Paul during his visit to the St. Paul outside the Walls Basilica on May 20, 2025 in Rome, Italy.  Credit: Franco Origlia/Getty Images.
After meeting pope, US Jewish leaders do not expect substantial changes from Vatican on Israel
“Considering the pressures on the church from both within and without, dramatic changes are rare,” David Michaels, of B’nai B’rith, told JNS.
Vita Fellig
May 20, 2025
Israeli President Isaac Herzog shakes hands with Pope Leo XIV during the latter's inauguration ceremony at the Vatican, May 18, 2025. Photo by Ma'ayan Toaf/GPO.
At papal inauguration, Herzog welcomes pontiff’s nod to hostages
Israel's president called Pope Leo XIV’s support a “powerful signal” from the Vatican.
May 18, 2025
Pope Leo XIV attends an audience with thousands of journalists and media workers at Paul VI Hall in Vatican City, Vatican, on May 12, 2025. The audience with journalists has become a tradition among newly elected popes. Photo by Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images.
The pope’s ‘divisions’ and the war against the Jews
Non-Catholics need to respect the powerful symbolism of the papacy. But neutrality about a genocidal struggle against Israel’s existence is neither moral nor acceptable.
Jonathan S. Tobin
May 13, 2025
A view of St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican City. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Pope Leo XIV pledges continued ‘dialogue’ with Jewish people
AJC's Rabbi Noam Marans told JNS it is gratifying that “the pope has affirmed the importance of strong Catholic-Jewish relations” so early in his tenure.
Izzy Salant
May 12, 2025
Pope Leo XIV leads the Regina Caeli prayer at Vatican City's St. Peter's Square, May 11, 2025. Photo by Francesco Sforza/Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images.
Pope urges end to Gaza fighting in first Sunday address
Pope Leo XIV said he was "deeply pained" by the situation in Gaza amid the war against Hamas.
JNS Staff
May 11, 2025
Pope Leo XIV greets the crowd from St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City after being elected by the Conclave of Cardinals on May 8, 2025. Photo by Ivan Romano/Getty Images.
Netanyahu congratulates new pope, urges ‘reconciliation among all faiths’
The American-born Leo XIV is also a Peruvian citizen.
May 9, 2025
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost gestures on the main central loggia balcony of the St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, after the cardinals ended the conclave, May 8, 2025. Credit: Andrej Isakovic/AFP via Getty Images.
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, of Chicago, is first US-born pope, Leo XIV
Rabbi Joshua Stanton of the Jewish Federation told JNS that the new pope's election fills him with both hope and anxiety.
Vita Fellig and Menachem Wecker
May 8, 2025
Israeli President Isaac Herzog signs the book of condolences at the Vatican's embassy in Tel Aviv as Apostolic Nuncio Adolfo Tito Camacho Yllana watches, May 2, 2025. Credit: President's Spokesperson.
Herzog signs book of condolences to mourn Pope Francis’s death
“May his prayers for justice and peace be realized promptly in the immediate release of Israel’s hostages,” the Israeli president wrote.
JNS Staff
May 3, 2025
St. Peter's Square in Vatican City during the funeral of Pope Francis, on April 26, 2025. Photo by Alessandra Benedetti/Corbis via Getty Images.
Pope Francis funeral draws hundreds of thousands in Vatican
More than 50 world leaders attended the ceremony, including the U.S. president, who met Ukraine’s Zelenskyy for a brief one-on-one talk.
JNS Staff
April 26, 2025