Pope Benedict, Judaism, and the Nature of Antisemitism
[For comprehensive coverage of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Poland, I refer you to American Papist's "The Great Poland Post of 2006". This was originally posted to my blog May 30, 2006 -- Christopher]...
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Bill Tammeus, for National Catholic Reporter:Preserve Elie Wiesel's legacy: remember Holocaust survivors' storiesThe recent death of Elie Wiesel -- Holocaust survivor, author, Nobel Peace Prize...
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Marco Gallo, for Crux:Francis’ silence at Auschwitz hides a history of outspokennessPope Francis will pray silently when he visits Auschwitz Friday. But he has had much to say on the Holocaust in the...
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Harriet Sherwood, for The Guardian:Kraków's Jews on pope's Auschwitz visit: 'It's so important to tell the truth'Pope’s visit to site of Nazi death camp in Poland where at least 1.1 million people...
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Vanessa Gera, for Associated Press:Rabbi was behind meeting between Pope, Polish rescuersWARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Pope Francis' visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau on Friday included an encounter with 25...
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July 29, 2016Ottawa, ON – Today, His Holiness Pope Francis will visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland. The Pope’s visit is an important occasion to recall the terrible consequences...
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Rabbi David Rosen (International Director for Interreligious Affairs, American Jewish Committee), in Religion News Service:What Pope Francis’ visit to Auschwitz means to the JewsJERUSALEM (RNS) -...
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William Doino Jr., for First Things:Pius XII's duel with HitlerWhen Mark Riebling’s Church of Spies: The Pope’s Secret War against Hitler appeared last year, it earned widespread acclaim. Well written...
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William Grimes, for The New York Times:Jacob Neusner, Judaic Scholar Who Forged Interfaith Bonds, Dies at 84Jacob Neusner, a religious historian of enormous breadth and productivity and one of the...
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Tom Heneghan, for Religion News Service:German Protestants officially renounce converting Jews to Christianity(RNS) Tackling a delicate issue as it begins its yearlong celebration of the Reformation’s...
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LISA PALMIERI-BILLIG in La Stampa/Vatican Insider -“The most important aspect of this meeting are the bonds of friendship that have deepened over the years - the meeting of hearts and minds.” This...
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Dan Hitchens, for Catholic Herald:BBC admits it underestimated the Church’s opposition to Hitler The BBC conceded it was false to describe the Church as being 'silent' in the face of NazismThe BBC’s...
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ANDREA TORNIELLI in La Stampa/Vatican Insider -The contribution of Francis’ two immediate predecessors, St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI was crucial. But the roots of the dialogue between Catholics...
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Claire Giangravè in Crux -The Vatican has once more called to never forget atrocities directed against the Jews and the horrors of the Holocaust.During a Permanent Council meeting at the Organization...
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Rome Reports - Several representatives of the Anti-Defamation League met with the pope this morning at the Vatican. This US organization works against antisemitism and racial hatred. It does so by...
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John Connelly in Commonweal -What standards should we use to judge figures of the distant past—those of their time, or of our own? No historical figure evokes this question more acutely than Pope Pius...
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Josephine McKenna, for Religion News Service:Steven Spielberg movie to examine notorious Catholic kidnapping of Jewish boyBOLOGNA, Italy (RNS) It was a heart-wrenching story that bitterly divided...
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ISA PALMIERI-BILLIG in La Stampa/Vatican Insider -The original title and presentation of a colloquium organized by the Associazione Biblica Italiana (ABI - with membership of c. 800 Biblical scholars...
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Dawn Eden Goldstein, for The New York TimesWas the Pope Wrong to Compare Refugee Centers to Concentration Camps?Until last weekend, Pope Francis earned nothing but praise from the American Jewish...
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Batya Shevach, for Breaking Israel News:Revolutionary Vatican Declaration on Jewish Relations Translated to HebrewA Vatican document which revolutionized Catholic attitudes towards the Jewish religion...
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Philip A. Cunningham, for Commonweal:Is the Pope ‘Anti-Jewish’?No, but Here Is Why His Critics Think SoAlthough great progress has been made in the past fifty years in Catholic-Jewish relations, there...
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