Rome's chief rabbi criticizes Pope Francis over his recent criticism of Israel's military campaign in Gaza, stating that the pope unfairly focuses on Israel compared to other conflicts. The rabbi argues that the pope should denounce the sufferings of all and not divide the world into children and stepchildren. Relations between the Catholic Church and Judaism have improved in recent decades, but the rabbi's comments have caused discomfort among organizers of a Catholic-Jewish dialogue event. The pope has consistently called for peace during the Israel-Hamas war, but his letter to Middle Eastern Catholics did not mention Hamas by name and quoted passages that have historically fueled religious antisemitism.