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A significant example of Benedict’s positive impact on Jewish-Christian relations is evident in his position on the issue of proselytizing.

The retired former pope has been laying in state without the papal regalia, but will be buried in the traditional three coffins in the Vatican.

Benedict, 95, in 2013 became the first pope in some 600 years to resign. He has been living in the Vatican since then.

Is Santos lying about his Jewish background? As with so much else in his personal narrative, there’s little to suggest truth beyond his own past comments.

The Vatican defrocked Father Frank Pavone in November, according to a letter sent to US bishops from its ambassador to Washington.

Since the invasion began in February, Francis has been increasingly forceful in his condemnation of Russia's actions.

The practice dates back to the first century CE, when Pope Nicholas I declared that Catholics were required to abstain from eating meat on Fridays in memory of the death and crucifixion of Christ.

A Roman-Catholic university in the US has made history by electing a Jew to be its 17th president.

Flemish Roman Catholic bishops issued a document effectively allowing the blessing of same-sex unions.

Only one pope ever bore actual witness to a genocide and did absolutely nothing about it, and that was Eugenio Pacelli, Pope Pius XII.