vatican-jewish relations

In 1st, pope hosts Yad Vashem director at Vatican — but didn’t discuss Catholic Church’s Holocaust controversies

None of the Holocaust-related controversies straining Jewish-Catholic relations came up during the 30-minute meeting by Francis and Dani Dayan.

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 9, 2022 5:57 pm

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Andrey Sheptytsky in Lviv in the 1930s. (Odessa Review)

A Ukrainian priest who saved Jews during the Holocaust has never been honored by Yad Vashem. New research could change that.

In addition to hiding Jews in monasteries, the Hebrew-speaking Andrey Sheptytsky risked his life to tell Pope Pius XII about Nazi atrocities.

May 1, 2020 3:24 pm

Vatican will open secret archive on Holocaust-era Pope Pius XII

Critics accuse Pope Pius XII of having turned a blind eye to Jewish suffering.

March 4, 2019 10:58 am

Vatican, Rome Jewish museums collaborate on menorah exhibition

February 21, 2017 6:53 am

Portugal journalists’ union: Slain Palestinian terrorists not murdered

February 29, 2016 7:19 am

Dutch chief rabbi: Rabbinical pro-Christian statement ‘goes too far’

January 8, 2016 4:55 am

Jews for Jesus denounces Vatican for no converting Jews policy

December 13, 2015 7:08 am

Vatican: Catholic Church must not try to convert Jews

December 10, 2015 11:07 am

Catholic-Jewish meeting in Spain aims to combat intolerance

October 13, 2013 5:30 am

Swiss bishop will handle Vatican-Jewish relations

By Marcy Oster July 1, 2010 10:38 pm

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