Ideas The Francis I knew: a warrior against antisemitism, a sometimes impolitic critic of Israel The interreligious affairs director at American Jewish Committee remembers a Catholic-Jewish “lovefest,” despite some harsh words from the pope on Israel’s war in Gaza.
Pope Francis, in visit to Rome synagogue, calls for end to religious violence Francis’s visit comes half a century after the Vatican’s landmark Nostra Aetate declaration, which opened the way to formal Catholic-Jewish dialogue.
Dutch chief rabbi: Rabbinical pro-Christian statement ‘goes too far’ Binyomin Jacobs, who was knighted for interfaith work, said that a statement by 50 rabbis who called Christianity God’s will ‘went too far.’