World Jewish Congress president Ronald Lauder visits Pope Francis while inaugurating the organization’s 'representative office to the Holy See' late last week

New appointees expected to help Francis reform church and cement his legacy; Latin Patriarch Pizzaballa says nomination will 'raise the voice of Jerusalem'

Mass to be held in honor of the Ulmas, who were executed along with 8 Jews they were hiding; experts have warned Warsaw could use recognition to downplay Poles' role in Holocaust

Historians warn Warsaw using celebration of family who died rescuing Jews to prop up image and ignore collaboration with Nazis

Report from Yad Vashem, the Vatican, Italian Jewish community says at least 3,200 Jews were protected by church

Haredi visitors outside Stella Maris say they want to pray near the presumed burial site of Prophet Elisha; churchgoers say it's just another attempt to intimidate Christians

Pierbattista Pizzaballa, 58, chosen by pontiff along with 20 others; church head expresses hope for dialogue between Israel and Palestinians, given recent violence

The head of the Catholic Church during the Holocaust maintained good ties with Hitler rather than speak up as Jews were murdered

Some participants at procession says it is a testament to the robustness of the Christian-Arab community in the Jewish state

Father Michał Woźnicki ordered to perform community service; clergyman was put on trial over 2021 sermon in which he likened Jews to leeches, said they are in league with the devil