Posts Tagged: Catholic Church
Catholic Church Beatifies Polish Family for Sheltering Jews During Holocaust
The Catholic Church beatified on Sunday a Polish family of nine, including a new-born baby, who died at the hands of Nazi Germans during World...
Catholic Bishops Denounce Antisemitism During Interfaith Event
Senior Catholic archbishops on Tuesday called on members of their faith to fight antisemitism and be allies of the Jewish people during a global online...
Israel’s PM Sends ‘Heartfelt Condolences’ to Christian World on Passing of Pope Benedict
i24News - Former pope Benedict XVI, who in 2013 became the first pontiff to resign as head of the Catholic Church since the Middle Ages,...
Israel and the Holy See
JNS.org - Pope Paul VI arrived in Jordan on Jan. 4, 1964. The next day he went to Israel to visit Nazareth, Tiberias and Tel...
The Vatican Opens Its Wartime Archive
JNS.org - One of the most persistent and controversial debates about the history of World War II concerns the role of the Catholic Church during...
Leading Jewish Group Criticizes Papal Honors to Antisemitic Polish Cardinal
A major Jewish group expressed its objections on Wednesday to the Vatican’s decision to honor an antisemitic World War II-era cardinal. Cardinal August Hlond was Polish...
Priests Walked Into an Israeli Yeshiva — And No, You Haven’t Heard This One Before
JNS.org -- I recently saw worlds being created. My 50 Catholic students at the four-year degree program of the Salesian Pontifical University housed in Jerusalem's Ratisbonne monastery, together with four...
EXCLUSIVE: Prominent American Rabbi Calls On Pope Francis to Remove Catholic Church From World’s ‘Largest Jewish Cemetery’ in Auschwitz-Birkenau
A prominent American rabbi is urging the Pope to remove a Catholic church from the site of the “largest Jewish cemetery in the world,” The Algemeiner has learned....
Swedish Nun Canonized by Catholic Church for Hiding Jews in Convent During WWII
A Swedish nun who hid Jews in her convent in Rome during World War II was canonized as a saint by Pope Francis at the...
Pope, Russian Orthodox Patriarch to Have Historic Meeting on Persecution of Mideast Christians
JNS.org - The leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches will meet for the first time since their schism 1,000 years ago, in order to...
Did Pope Francis Actually Call Abbas ‘Angel of Peace?’ — Not Really
As Pope Francis moved to canonize two 19th-century Arab nuns from Jerusalem and the Galilee, the pontiff created quite the stir when he appeared to...
Family of Dead Nazi War Criminal Priebke Say His Body Has Gone Missing
The family of a Nazi war criminal whose funeral has been at the center of much global controversy say his corpse has gone missing. Family lawyer...
Pope Offers Greetings for Israeli President Peres’s 90th Birthday
Pope Francis sent a special birthday greeting to Israeli President Shimon Peres Monday, a day ahead of official festivities that will mark the elder-statesman's 90th...
Pope Francis Says He Plans to Visit Israel
Ynet - Three months after succeeding Benedict XVI , Pope Francis has intimated he is planning a visit to Israel. On Wednesday, the Pope met with...
