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Matt Volz - Associated Press
Students will visit the Auschwitz concentration camp and a Torah is being mailed every Jewish family in the state.
Pope Francis visits the main synagogue in Rome Jan. 17. Also seated is Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni, the chief rabbi of Rome, right. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithDispatches
Gerard O’Connell
On his first visit to Rome’s synagogue as pope, Francis called on Catholics and Jews to “strengthen” their common “commitment for peace and justice.”
Faith
Rabbi Daniel F. Polish
Rabbi Polish: "For the church to understand Judaism is to understand a part of itself."
FaithFaith in Focus
Jordan Denari Duffner
Our conversations, especially those about the nature of God and our relationship with God, led me to an understanding of the similarities between Islam and Catholicism. Our smiles grew wide when the words of biblical and Koranic stories about Abraham matched up almost perfectly.
FaithFaith in Focus
Rabbi Daniel F. Polish
The Days of Awe, from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur, afford Jews an opportunity to reflect on what the enterprise of Jewish life is all about. As with all religious traditions, it must be about more than the symbols or institutions of our respective communities of faith. For Christians,
FaithFaith and Reason
Thomas Stransky
On this day in 1965, the Vatican II’s “Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions,” also known as “Nostra Aetate,” was promulgated by the council—despite surprises, shocks and setbacks along the way.