In liturgically celebrating the truth and power of the passion narratives, however, we must be equally energetic in proclaiming, as did Pope John Paul II on the Auschwitz anniversary: “Never again anti-Semitism!”

Poland’s Catholic primate called anti-Semitism “a moral evil and a sin.”

An 11th-century prayer tool comes to life for modern Christians

A conversation with Liel Leibovitz and Stephanie Butnick on faith, fasting and podcasting

Purim and Mardi Gras serve, paradoxically, as a farcical introduction to a period of deep religious seriousness.