New Pope Leo XIV tries to turn page on Jewish-Catholic relations, meets Israel’s President Herzog & world Jewish leaders

New Pope Leo XIV tries to turn page on Jewish-Catholic relations, meets Israel’s President Herzog & world Jewish leaders

Israeli President Isaac Herzog is greeted by Pope Leo XIV, May 18, 2025. (Photo: Ma’ayan Toaf/GPO)

The election of a new pope – American-born Robert Prevost, who has taken the name Leo XIV – opens the door to a potential reset in relations between the Jewish community and the Catholic Church, which had grown increasingly tense in the final years of the late Pope Francis.

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