Pope Francis met with international Jewish leaders on Tuesday as they launched an initiative to strengthen Catholic-Jewish bonds. “This visit testifies to and strengthens the bonds of friendship uniting us,” the pope told members of the World Jewish Congress at the Vatican Nov 22. Francis spoke with the executive committee of the international federation of Read more
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Pope Francis meets Jewish leaders as they launch initiative to strengthen Catholic-Jewish bonds
Thursday, December 1st, 2022Catholic grocer helps Mexican Jews keep kosher
Monday, June 8th, 2020Noe Trinidad Chavez a 56-year-old, a native of the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, was born and raised Catholic. Now he’s the owner of two Jewish food shops, including this one that’s no more than 6 feet by 14 feet with a lime-green awning adorned with a Star of David. Read more
Catholic-Jewish school opens
Thursday, November 16th, 2017A Catholic-Jewish school campus has been opened in Scotland by Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and Bishop John Keenan. It is the first joint faith Catholic-Jewish school in the world. Read more
Nostra Aetate and Catholic-Jewish relations
Tuesday, October 27th, 2015
Fifty years ago this Wednesday, the Vatican issued a declaration that established a new rapport between Jews and Catholics. On the eve of this anniversary, the Anti-Defamation League — founded to protect Jewish lives and rights — called the Church’s approval of Nostra Aetate “arguably the most important moment in modern Jewish-Christian relations.” How so? Read more