Saying they are outraged by growing "antisemitic rhetoric" across the country, members of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs urged Christians to decry hate-filled statements and violence aimed at Jewish individuals, homes and institutions.
Committee members also denounced "any rhetoric
Kyrie Irving’s suspension from the Brooklyn Nets, announced in early November, may have caught many Catholics by surprise. Irving was suspended for failing to “unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs.” The controversy arose from the NBA star’s promotion of a 2018
Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the prelate who chairs the USCCB's Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs decried a recent rise in anti-Semitic attacks in the United States as "contrary to
Monsignor Owen Campion recalls a visit to the Auschwitz concentration camp. He writes: “The ruthless disregard for human life was bad enough, but then the process of execution was directly from the mind of the devil. The poor prisoners literally were starved
President Donald Trump, a week before leaving office, signed into law a bill that elevates to a full ambassadorship the rank of a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith, R-New Jersey, also prevents the ambassador-at-large
Pope Francis condemned the "barbaric resurgence" of anti-Semitism and criticized the selfish indifference that is creating the conditions for division, populism and hatred. "I will never tire of firmly condemning every form of anti-Semitism," the pope told a delegation from the Simon
An English cardinal has condemned "all expressions of hatred" after anti-Semitic graffiti was daubed across shops, cafes and a synagogue in London. Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster denounced the Dec. 29 attacks, which coincided with the Jewish religious festival of Hanukkah.In a
After recent anti-Semitic attacks in New York, we look to the Church’s vocal stance against such hatred. Since Pope Pius XI in 1938, popes have spoken out against anti-Semitism, saying such actions are contrary to Catholicism. Pope Francis, too, has reiterated this
A group of 35 teachers from Catholic middle and high schools around the country went back to school briefly this summer to learn how to better approach anti-Semitism and the Holocaust in the classroom.
Catholic bishops from around the U.S. were quick to condemn the April 27 attack on a Jewish community gathered at a synagogue near San Diego, which left one person dead and three others injured.