New Testament scholar Amy-Jill Levine joins the “Jesuitical” podcast to explain why Christians must understand Jesus within his Jewish context.
Interreligious Dialogue
Posted inFaith, Short Take
The friendship between Catholics and Jews goes deeper than diplomacy
Catholics and Jews must be very careful not to reduce our relations with one another to politics or diplomacy. Instead, we should seek friendship and interreligious dialogue that can thrive beyond all political considerations.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
A rabbi’s call for Pope Francis and Catholics to respond to ‘existential threat’ facing Jewish people
The Second Vatican Council helped establish a bond of friendship between Catholics and Jews. What is the state of that unity after the Oct. 7 terrorist massacre?
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Interview: Pope Francis’ presence at COP28 climate conference in Dubai is ‘without precedence’
“The pope’s presence at COP28 will be a historic event and without precedence in the history of COP,” Judge Mohamed Abdel Salam, a chief architect of the visit, said in this exclusive interview with Gerard O’Connell.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
From a Rabbi to my Catholic friends: We must confront what Pope Pius XII knew about the Holocaust.
After this letter, all of us must contend with the implications of the fact that he knew about the death camps—and he did nothing.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis hosts interreligious gathering as he concludes memorable visit to Mongolia
Since the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Francis has constantly looked to the peripheries both in the choice of countries to visit and men to make cardinals.. And he has consistently looked to the East where he detects the first signs of a new springtime for the Catholic Church
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Chinese Catholics among those who welcome Pope Francis during Mongolia visit
Among the hundreds of onlookers from several countries at the back of the square were many Catholics from mainland China, present in defiance of an order from the authorities in Beijing prohibiting not only the bishops of mainland China but also the country’s Catholics from traveling to Mongolia.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Christians and the Turkish Vote: Will challenges to Erdogan’s reelection improve religious minorities’ status?
Election results could indicate the populist Islamism promoted by President Erdogan may be losing its appeal.
Posted inFaith, Speeches
Two Popes? Francis and Tawadros II celebrate Day of Coptic-Catholic Friendship
Pope Francis greets Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the meeting of St. Paul VI and Pope Shenouda III.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
The mystery of Thomas Merton’s death—and the witness of America magazine’s poetry editor
John Moffitt, the longtime poetry editor of ‘America,’ met Thomas Merton the week Merton died, and wrote of the account for ‘America.’