Posts Tagged: Catholic Jewish relations
Pope Leo XIV’s First Message to Jewish Community Was ‘Extraordinary,’ American Rabbi Says
Rabbi Noam Marans, director of interreligious affairs at the American Jewish Committee (AJC), spoke with The Algemeiner this week about being among a number of...
New Pope Calls for Continued ‘Precious Dialogue’ Between Jews and Catholics
On Monday, Pope Leo XIV met with Jewish leaders and other representatives from the world’s religious traditions to nourish continued interfaith bridge-building. Echoing a letter he...
Newly Elected Pope Leo XIV Calls to ‘Continue and Strengthen’ Dialogue With Jewish Community
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV has emphasized his commitment to strengthening the Catholic Church's "dialogue and cooperation" with the world's Jewish communities in a letter...
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...
Vatican Official: We Need to Learn More From Jews on Role of Shabbat, Family
A Vatican official insisted that the Catholic Church must learn from Jewish traditions about how to elevate the role of the family in society, the UK's Jewish...
Jewish Leaders Welcome New Vatican Document on Jewish-Catholic Relations
Jewish leaders celebrated a new Vatican document discussing Catholic-Jewish relations, in light of the 50th anniversary of the Holy See's adoption of the Nostra Aetate. Rabbi...
US Catholic School Educators Travel to Israel to Learn More on Region
JNS.org - Catholic school educators from across the U.S. are in Israel to learn more about the Jewish state, antisemitism, and Catholic-Jewish relations as part of...
Jewish Group Congratulates Catholic Church on Canonization of Popes
JNS.org - The American Jewish Committee (AJC) congratulated the Catholic Church on the upcoming canonization of Popes John XXII and John Paul II, to...
Netanyahu to Meet With Pope Francis
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Italy next Sunday for the annual meeting held between the Israeli and Italian governments,...
Thousands of Catholics Gather in Nazareth for ‘Day of Faith’
JNS.org - More than 7,000 Catholics from around the world gathered for mass on Sunday in Nazareth, Israel, the childhood home of Jesus, to mark...
Pope Francis and the Argentine Rabbi
One of the first things Argentinian native Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio did after being elected pope on March 13 was to send a message of friendship...
Holocaust History from Pope John Paul II’s Polish Hometown Explored
WADOWICE, POLAND—When Karol Wojtyla left his hometown of Wadowice, Poland, in 1938 to pursue his studies at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland was an independent...
Jewish Delegation Receives Special Nod At Pope Francis Installation
The Jewish delegation to the installation ceremony of Pope Francis on Tuesday was the only non-Christian group to receive a special mention. Pope Francis opened his...
Appointment of First Latin American Pope Coincides with Growing Focus on Latino Catholic-Jewish Relations
With the selection of Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francis I, the Catholic Church has recognized the growing significance of Latin American Catholics...
