While the show’s depiction of religion isn’t exactly robust, it is sincere, and—just as importantly—belief is never the punchline.
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Pope Leo condemns antisemitism and vows to fight it as tensions rise over Israel’s war in Gaza
At a time of rising antisemitism stemming from Israel’s war, Leo adopted as his own the Vatican’s official position abhorring antisemitism as he marked the 60th anniversary of a landmark Vatican document that revolutionized the Catholic Church’s relations with Jews.
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An ongoing reckoning with anti-Semitism: 60 years since ‘Nostra Aetate’
60 years ago next week, “Nostra Aetate” was promulgated, marking a definitive change in the church’s approach toward the Jewish people and its own history.
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A rabbi’s take on Leo XIV’s opportune moment to deepen Jewish-Catholic relations
As a rabbi and as the son of a Christian mother, I value interreligious encounters that respect each heritage’s integrity while forging new paths forward.
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A survivor of Nazi-occupied France asks: Who will protect Trump’s migrant targets?
My Jewish family was sheltered in a Christian village in Nazi-occupied France. Now I am a naturalized American citizen, but can I count on similar courage and good will from my neighbors?
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Pope Leo XIV pledges to strengthen Catholic-Jewish dialogue
In a letter to Rabbi Noam Marans of the American Jewish Committee, Pope Leo XIV expressed his intention to strengthen Catholic-Jewish relations.
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How Catholics can better support Jews and Israel—without the Zionist label
Catholics should affirm the Jewish people’s right to self-determination in their ancestral homeland, acknowledging Israel as a place of refuge and security for Jews worldwide.
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Richard Williamson, excommunicated bishop who denied Holocaust, dies
Richard Williamson, an ultra-traditionalist Catholic bishop whose denial of the Holocaust created a scandal in 2009 when Pope Benedict XVI rehabilitated him and other members of his breakaway society, has died.
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Pope Francis: The Holocaust cannot be forgotten or denied
On the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Pope Francis urged the world not to forget the horrors of the Holocaust.
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Rome’s chief rabbi accuses Pope Francis of ‘selective indignation’ about Gaza
The chief rabbi of Rome said Christian-Jewish dialogue has been a victim of the war unleashed with the Hamas attack on Israel in October 2023.