Antisemitism

(OSV News) — In the days ahead of Holy Week, several Catholic leaders issued messages denouncing antisemitism, stressing Church teaching on the issue as the faithful solemnly commemorate Christ’s passion and …

“We also addressed the alarming rise in antisemitism worldwide and the urgent need for coordinated, decisive action to confront it.”

The U.S. bishops’ Committee for Religious Liberty issued its “Annual Report on the State of Religious Liberty” Feb. 17 outlining areas of critical concern.

“No member of the Commission has the right to hijack a hearing for their own personal and political agenda on any issue.”

The Religious Liberty Commission held a hearing — with some tense exchanges — to examine antisemitism Feb. 9, the same day a lawsuit was filed against it. 

(Vatican News) — “I’ll only say that we must pray very much for peace.” Those were the words of Pope Leo XIV given in a brief statement to Italian television …

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, expressed the Catholic Church’s solidarity with the Jewish community in the wake of a Dec. …

The pope prayed for “the victims of the terrorist massacre carried out” Dec. 14 when at least 15 people were killed and dozens were injured after two gunmen opened fire …

Bishop Oscar Cantú of San Jose, California, expressed “solidarity with our Jewish brothers and sisters” on behalf of the Catholic faithful and called for prayers, following a recent antisemitic display …

Prominent Catholic philosophical and legal scholar Robert P. George has resigned from the board of the conservative Heritage Foundation.