The defining feature of contemporary antisemitism in Australia is that almost no one believes they are engaging in it. Ours is an antisemitism without antisemites.
Terrorism
Posted inThe Weekly Dispatch
After Bondi Beach, how safe is America from Islamic State terror?
The ISIS rampage at Bondi Beach in Australia highlights a phenomenon well known to counterterrorism experts: The holiday season also represents a period of heightened threat from extremist groups like the Islamic State.
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Pope Leo and Israeli president speak by phone about Sydney attack, peace in Gaza
Pope Leo XIV and Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke by telephone Dec. 17, just days after a terrorist attack on a Hanukkah celebration in Australia led to the deaths of 15 people.
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Pope Leo condemns ‘antisemitic violence,’ ‘terrorist massacre’ in Sydney
Condemning the attack on Jews celebrating Hanukkah in Sydney, Pope Leo XIV said, “Enough with these forms of antisemitic violence! We must eradicate hatred from our hearts.”
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Retired FDNY chief who lost his son on 9/11 dies of 9/11-related illness
Twenty-four years after he lost his firefighter son in the terror attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11, retired FDNY Deputy Chief James “Jim” Riches was laid to rest on Dec. 1.
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Weekly Dispatch
Facing—and naming—the existential threat to Christians in Nigeria
Though other factors are surely at play, church leaders in Nigeria insist the attacks are part of a systematic campaign to drive Christians from the region or force their conversion.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Cardinal McElroy condemns killing outside DC’s Capital Jewish Museum as ‘antisemitic hatred and murder’
Catholic bishops are calling for prayer after two Israeli Embassy staff members were slain late May 21 outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington.
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Pope Francis prays for victims of New Orleans attack
Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond of New Orleans offered prayers for victims of what he described as a “sign of utter disrespect for human life” perpetrated by a man who drove a pickup truck through crowds celebrating the New Year.
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Her son was beheaded by ISIS. Here’s what she’s learned about mercy.
In 2014, the American journalist James Foley was beheaded by ISIS terrorists. His mother Diane joins ‘Jesuitical’ this week to discuss his vocation, her enduring faith and a radical act of mercy.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis condemns ‘vile terrorist attack’ in Moscow at Palm Sunday ceremony
Though Pope Francis skipped over his prepared homily at today’s Palm Sunday Mass, he used the opening of Holy Week to condemn terrorism and war in Moscow, Ukraine and Gaza.