Pope Francis

Steve Bannon attempted to work with Jeffrey Epstein against Pope Francis - CNN

Bannon, who had previously served as an advisor to US President Donald Trump, reportedly petitioned Epstein to help him take down the pope.

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Steve Bannon gestures during a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., February 20, 2025, in this still image taken from a handout video.
Pope Leo XIV holds a Jubilee audience on the occasion of the Jubilee of Sport, at St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican June 14, 2025.

Pope Leo scraps Francis’s Vatican fundraising panel amid budget shift

Pope Leo has dissolved the Vatican's fundraising panel, created in Francis’s final months, and ordered a review of future efforts.

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A Palestinian works on the Vehicle of Hope, the former popemobile used by Pope Francis during its transformation into a fully equipped mobile clinic, in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, May 20, 2025.

Pope Francis' popemobile turned into mobile clinic for Gaza children

"We're pleased that we have here a serious contribution towards the healthcare of children in Gaza," Caritas Secretary-General Alistair Dutton told a press conference in Bethlehem.

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Pope Leo XIV performs a blessing during a meeting with the academic community of Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, Italy, November 14, 2025.

Vatican returns to Canada artifacts connected to Indigenous people

Catholic missionaries sent the artifacts to Rome on the occasion of a 1925 exhibition held by Pope Pius XI that displayed more than 100,000 objects.

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Vatican announces new guidelines allowing gay men to become priests in Italy under vow of celibacy

A 68-page document referred to people with homosexual tendencies studying in seminaries or disclosing this orientation and advised candidates not to openly demonstrate their sexuality.

JANUARY 13, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Pope Francis Bergoglio celebrates mass and greets the Christian faithful who arrived in their thousands in St. Peter's. Rome.

Biden awards Pope Francis medal of freedom, highest US civilian honor

This is the first time during his administration that Biden gave the award with distinction, the White House said.

JANUARY 11, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Pope Francis and U.S. President Joe Biden meet as they attend the G7 summit, in Savelletri, Italy June 14, 2024.

Ramping up criticism of Israel, Pope calls situation in Gaza 'shameful'

In a yearly address to diplomats delivered on his behalf by an aide, Francis appeared to reference deaths caused by winter cold in Gaza.

JANUARY 9, 2025ByREUTERS
Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican. January 8, 2025.

Historic first: Psychologist nun Simona Brambilla appointed as Vatican's first female prefect

Women are still excluded from ordination as priests, and discussions about female ordination continue to create divisions within the Church.

JANUARY 9, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Historic first: Psychologist nun Simona Brambilla appointed as Vatican's first female prefect. Illustration.

An open letter to Pope Francis: Words with good intent can still harm - opinion

I am also a man of faith, of Jewish faith, and as such, could not comprehend the [nativity] Scene as I saw it in the media.

JANUARY 7, 2025ByHARRY MOSKOFF
THE WRITER meets with the Papal Nuncio (Apostolic Delegation) to Jerusalem, His Excellency Archbishop Yllana at the cleric’s residence on the Mount of Olives.

Pope names Italian sister as first woman to lead major Vatican office

Pope Francis has elevated women to leadership roles at the Vatican throughout his 11-year papacy, naming a range of women to second-in-command positions at various offices.

JANUARY 6, 2025ByREUTERS
Sister Simona Brambilla, first woman named to oversee Catholic religious orders.

Pope Francis names Trump critic McElroy as Washington's new archbishop

Cardinal McElroy criticized Trump's mass deportation campaign in 2019, adding that Catholics "simply can't stand by and watch [immigrants] get deported."

JANUARY 6, 2025ByREUTERS
Cardinal McElroy at the pulpit

First Holy Door opened in prison since 1,300: Pope Francis opens Holy Door at Rebibbia prison

Rebibbia prison, built in 1946, is Italy's largest penal institution, housing over 62,000 inmates, with a critical overcrowding rate exceeding 132%.

JANUARY 2, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
First Holy Door opened in prison since 1,300: Pope Francis opens Holy Door at Rebibbia prison.

Vatican ambassador called by Israeli Foreign Ministry over Pope's comments on Israel

The Pope had condemned the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, stating "This is cruelty. I want to say this because it touches my heart."

DECEMBER 25, 2024ByAMICHAI STEIN
Pope Francis presides over a vigil, ahead of the Synod of bishops, at Saint Peter's church at the Vatican, October 1, 2024.

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

The pope also complained, "Yesterday they (Israel) did not allow the Patriarch (of Jerusalem) into Gaza as promised.”

DECEMBER 21, 2024ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
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.