Posts Tagged ‘Jewish-Catholic relations’

Rabbi gets Papal Knighthood

Thursday, November 3rd, 2022
Papal knighthood

A papal knighthood is a rare honour. Even more so is being honoured as a Papal Knight of St Gregory. Jewish Papal Knights of St Gregory are even rarer. The order, established in 1831, recognises personal service or unusual labour in support of the Catholic Church. Rabbi A. James Rudin, the longtime interreligious affairs director Read more

Pope emeritus clarifies relationship between Jews and Christians

Thursday, November 29th, 2018

The relationship between Jews and Christians is the subject of a correction Pope emeritus Benedict XVI has published in theological magazine “Communio.” He was responding to a newspaper article alleging he favoured missionising the Jews and called Jewish-Christian dialogue into question. Benedict’s correction affirms Christians are called to a “dialogue” with the Jews rather than a Read more