God sending Jonah to Nineveh would be like telling a modern-day rabbi to preach in Iran or Gaza.
Israel Palestine
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South Africa has taken Israel to international court on genocide charges. What comes next?
For many in South Africa, there is a symbolic significance in the decision to pursue the genocide charge. In 2024, South Africa celebrates 30 years of democracy, yet vast injustices still permeate South African society because of its traumatic history.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
There is a right and wrong way for Catholics to criticize Israel
I am an Israeli Jew who has studied Jewish-Catholic relations for many years. Reading a recent interview with my friend Father David Neuhaus published by America was a tormenting experience.
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Cardinal McElroy and Archbishop Wester call for ‘immediate and total’ ceasefire in Gaza Strip
In a joint statement, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of San Diego and Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, New Mexico called for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Palestine and the release of Israeli hostages.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
An Israeli Jesuit priest on the war in Gaza, Jewish-Catholic relations and the future of the two-state solution
“The basic conflict is not between Israel and Hamas. The conflict is between Jewish Israeli nationalism and Palestinian nationalism,” David Neuhaus, S.J., says in this exclusive interview.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
In Christmas Message, Pope Francis calls for peace between Israel and Palestine, and throughout the world.
Pope Francis urged people to pray and work for peace in no less than ten conflict situations worldwide.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
A Syriac Catholic priest and father in Bethlehem preaches on the Feast of the Holy Family
On this week’s “Preach,” Yunan Frédéric shares with host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., his approach to preaching. “It’s like walking with a friend and talking together;” he says, “I am very much listening as well.
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I’m a Palestinian Christian in Gaza. I want peace—for my homeland and my family.
There’s another life in Gaza than this horror. There are civilians with hopes and dreams. There are people who believe in peace and who just want to live peacefully.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
This Palestinian bishop is worried Christians will disappear from Gaza
“After this war, I fear there will be no more Christians in Gaza after a continuous presence of more than 18 centuries,” Bishop William Shomali said in an exclusive interview.
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A Wartime Christmas Message from the Catholic Church in the Holy Land
In their 2023 Christmas Message, the Justice and Peace Commission Assembly of the Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land asks Catholics to remember that God is with us.