Jews

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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Judgment day? Trump and religion at the 100-day mark
- Church in the US, Religion News Service
- April 29, 2017
As the Trump administration approaches the 100-day mark white evangelical Christians, who still support the president, look back at the successes and failures of his first months in office. In a very short time Trump has acted on abortion, religious freedom and immigration earning both outcry and support from Christians.
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Pew Study: Worldwide religious freedom restrictions on the rise
- Global Church, Religion News Service
- April 12, 2017
Restrictions on religious freedom show no sign of slowing down. A Pew Research Center’s annual study found that though religious freedom restrictions were in a downward trend globally, 2015 showed an increase in religiously motivated violence especially in the Middle East and Europe.
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