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Violins recall Holocaust but also play notes of hope at prayer service

Nov 30, 2019

The prayer, music and song commemorated a time of great sadness and unimaginable evil. Yet, people walked out inspired by hope.

By Kevin Kilbane

Pope denounces increasing violence against Jewish people

Nov 13, 2019

Pope Francis warned that violence against Jewish people, which reached a state of horror during World War II, is on the rise again.

By Junno Arocho Esteves

Cobblestones honoring Holocaust victims stolen in Rome

Dec 12, 2018

Twenty bronze-capped cobblestones, commemorating members of two Italian Jewish families who were deported during the Holocaust, were stolen in Rome in the early hours of Monday morning.

By Hannah Brockhaus

Memoir of Jewish boy taken from home by Pius IX altered in translation

Apr 20, 2018

It’s an incident that has caused controversy for 160 years: A 6-year-old Jewish boy taken from his family by papal police and brought to Rome to be raised Catholic after Church authorities learned his housekeeper had secretly had him baptized.

By Nicole Winfield

In understanding religions, experts say, no one key opens all doors

Mar 1, 2018

Religious leaders and experts met in Rome to foster dialogue and peace.

By Claire Giangravè

Rome march defies anti-Semitism, celebrates Jewish/Catholic friendship

Oct 18, 2017

Romans marched on Monday to commemorate the anniversary of when over one thousand Jews were taken from their homes by Nazis in 1943 and sent to the concentration camp of Auschwitz. As anti-semitic sentiments rise in Europe and the United States, Catholic and Jewish organizers of the event praise fruitful dialogue and invite faithful not to forget the lessons from the past.

By Claire Giangravè