Catholicism
Amid battle over St. Louis’s name, Archdiocese defends saint who persecuted Jews, Muslims
The statement did not mention either Louis IX’s crusades in Egypt and Tunisia or the policies he established that forced Jews from France.
Jewish Teacher Sues New Jersey Catholic School Over Daily Acts Of Anti-Semitism
A swastika was carved into his blackboard, students threw coins at him and one wrote, in German, “Six Million was just the beginning.”
Josh Shapiro
Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s Attorney General and a rising political star, unveiled a shocking clergy abuse scandal within the Catholic Church.
Wake Up, Jews And Catholics: Sex Abuse Turns People Off Religion
Experiencing sexual abuse was correlated with experiencing greater mental distress and lower intrinsic religiosity than their non-abused peers.
Beneath The Met’s Dazzling Vatican Fashion Show, A Complex History Lurks
For many Jews, memory of centuries of persecution creates a complicated relationship with Catholic art and fashion.
I Thought I Was Catholic. Then I Discovered My Secret Jewish Past.
In Catholic school, the Jews sounded like a sad people, but it was all theoretical. I didn’t know what a modern Jew would be, since I’d never met one.
Notre Dame President Attacks Feinstein For ‘Chilling’ Grilling Of Catholic Nominee
California Democrat Dianne Feinstein expressed her concern that “dogma lives loudly” within appeals court judicial nominee Amy Coney Barrett.
Feinstein Under Fire For Grilling Catholic Judge On ‘Dogma’
A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for Amy Coney Barrett took what critics feel was an anti-Catholic undertone when Dianne Feinstein, a Democratic senator in California, questioned the nominee’s “dogma.”
After Documenting Holocaust Graves, This French Priest Takes on IS Crimes
French Catholic priest and Holocaust scholar Fr. Patrick Desbois is on a mission to collect testimonies of Yazidi survivors of IS atrocities.
For Arvo Pärt, Music And Silence Are Divine
A recent concert of the work of Arvo Pärt at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church offered a perfect performance of the composer’s tintinnabuli style