Posts Tagged: Pope Jews
Retired Archbishop’s Antisemitic Rhetoric Can Do Real Harm
Nearly 60 years after the conclusion of the Second Vatican Council, Catholics continue to disagree about modernism within the church, and the conciliar reforms. The...
Israeli Rabbis Ask Pope to Clarify Remarks on Jewish Law
Israel's top Jewish religious authorities have told the Vatican they are concerned about comments that Pope Francis made about their books of sacred law and...
Act Against ‘Any Whiff’ of Resurgent Antisemitism, Pope Says
Pope Francis paid tribute on Sunday to Jews killed by the Nazis and victims of murder and deportation by the Soviet KGB, in twin visits...
Pope Francis’ Poland Visit Overshadowed by Pontiff’s Comments on Islam
JNS.org - Since being elected as the leader of the world’s roughly 1.2 billion Roman Catholics in 2013, Pope Francis has never shied away from breaking...
Catholics and Jews Find Common Ground at Madrid Summit (INTERVIEW)
JNS.org - With the backdrop of positive steps on Jewish-Catholic relations under Pope Francis I, more than 50 leaders from both faiths gathered in...
Newly Canonized Popes John Paul II, John XXIII Praised for Condemning Anti-Semitism
JNS.org - The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomed the Vatican's announcement of the canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII, citing their groundbreaking...
Artwork Can Help Heal the Jewish-Christian Divide
From its very beginnings, Christianity sought separation from Judaism. No small task since Christianity arose from Jewish prophesies and a connection to the Jewish Davidic...
Pope Francis Praises Jews for Having ‘Kept Their Faith in God’
JNS.org - In an open letter appearing in the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Pope Francis I praises the Jewish people for having "kept their faith...
Vatican Newspaper Condemns Roger Waters for Anti-Semitic Imagery
JNS.org - An op-ed appearing in L'Osservatore Romano —the Vatican's semi-official newspaper—slammed the use of anti-Semitic imagery by former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters at a...
Pope Francis Considers Israel Trip, First as Pontiff, for Next Year
JNS.org - Pope Francis is considering making his first trip to Israel as pontiff next year. The head of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics said...
Canadian TV Host Insinuates to Rabbi Shmuley Jews Control Hollywood
Today I had what was probably the most unpleasant TV interview of my life on Canada's Sun News Network (national). Interviewed by host...
