Jews

Cardinal Lustiger: 10 years after death, Jewish convert still looms over Church in France
- Global Church
- August 4, 2017
Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, the Jewish convert who became Archbishop of Paris, died ten years ago. His epitaph, which he wrote, reads: “I was born a Jew. I received the name of my paternal grandfather Aaron. Christian by faith and by baptism, I remained a Jew, as did the Apostles.”
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In Jericho, new Franciscan youth center offers chance to meet ‘the other’
- Catholic News Service, Global Church
- July 22, 2017
The Franciscan center in the Muslim-majority town of Jericho, West Bank, offers free courses in English, art, theater, computers and sports in the hopes of creating a place of social encounter and education toward peace by exposing the youth to different cultural and social ideas and norms.
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Priest: Time an enemy in search for mass graves of Jews, Roma people
- Catholic News Service, Global Church
- June 12, 2017
“I think they feel happy that their memory will be kept,” Father Patrick Desbois said, speaking about his project of uncovering all the forgotten mass graves of Jews and Roma killed by the Nazis in Eastern Europe. “The cardinal of Paris said to me, ‘The memory of the Holocaust in the Soviet Union is kept in the memory of the poorest people.’ In fact, one guy, he told me, ‘I have more than 1,500 Jews buried in my garden and nobody came back since ’42.'”
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Trump condemns Holocaust as ‘the most savage crime’
- Associated Press, Global Church
- May 23, 2017
After a bumpy start, the Trump administration seems to have made its peace with the Jewish community during his visit to Israel’s national Holocaust memorial, where he denounced the extermination of six million Jews as “the most savage crime against God and his children.”
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Vatican, Jewish museums explore menorah in art and dark legend
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- May 16, 2017
A two-part exhibition, one at the Vatican and the other at the Jewish Museum of Rome, is focused on a classic symbol of Judaism – the Menorah. The exhibition also shines a light on the history of the Jews in Rome, from the time of the pagan emperors until today.
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Pope Francis busts a move with Jewish delegation from Poland
- Vatican
- May 8, 2017
Pope Francis on Monday met with a delegation of Jewish leaders from Poland, discussing serious matters such as the desecration of Jewish cemeteries and even child sexual abuse, but also lighthearted moments, including the pope … sort of … joining in a song and dance performed by the group.
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