VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis met with international Jewish leaders on Tuesday as they launched an initiative to strengthen Catholic-Jewish bonds. “This visit testifies to and strengthens the bonds of ...
Judaism and the Jewish people have no better friend in the Christian world than the Catholic Church. As His Eminence, the late Cardinal Francis George said, for the Catholic Church, friendship with ...
A push for religious symbols in the public square is “bad for having a culture in which lots of different religious traditions including Judaism are allowed to flourish.” One week after Louisiana Gov.
(JTA) — For an energetic subset of supporters, the promise of Donald Trump’s MAGA movement centers on increasing the influence of Christianity in American life and returning the country to what they ...
A mob disrupted a planned gathering with Jewish visitors at a pro-Israel church in California, shouting vulgarities at attendees through bullhorns and blocking their path as they attempted to leave, a ...
(JTA) — For decades, Americans United for Separation of Church and State called its adversaries “religious extremists.” Today, the group has a more specific target: fighting Christian nationalism. The ...
The Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations said it was alarmed by the possible “normalization of antisemitism in American discourse.” (JTA) — A group of educators dedicated to solidarity ...
(The Conversation) — During confirmation hearings, Mike Huckabee, President Donald Trump’s nominee as ambassador to Israel, told senators that he would “respect and represent the President,” not his ...
The abortion issue is taking a surprising turn in some states thanks to a number of religious groups arguing that red state restrictions violate their "religious freedom." Pam Belluck, a health and ...
The community I grew up in near Bethlehem is being squeezed out by Israeli settlers.
The one thing that does happen in the second revolt... is [that] the self-consciously apocalyptic and messianic identity of Bar Kochba forces the issue for the Christian tradition. It appears that ...
Historian writes about two largely forgotten moments in Dallas history: the 1876 dedication of the city’s first synagogue, ...