The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:22:39 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Teaching resource examines Christian-Jewish relations /item/26062-teaching-resource-examines-christian-jewish-relations /item/26062-teaching-resource-examines-christian-jewish-relations

With people marching through downtown Charlottesville, Va., in crash helmets, carrying shields and truncheons and giving Nazi salutes, there can’t be much question of the need for everybody to review the history of Christian- Jewish relations since the world learned the horrors of Auschwitz in the Second World War, says the director of the Institute for Jewish- Catholic Relations at PhiladelphiaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp St. JosephöÏÓãÊÓƵapp University.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Fri, 22 Sep 2017 14:56:43 -0400
Pope praises Rome's first interreligious half-marathon /faith/item/26043-pope-praises-rome-s-first-interreligious-half-marathon /faith/item/26043-pope-praises-rome-s-first-interreligious-half-marathon

VATICAN CITY – After thousands of runners completed the first ever "multireligious" half-marathon in Rome, Pope Francis praised the initiative, which was sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Culture.

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Vatican Mon, 18 Sep 2017 10:46:10 -0400
Pope offers early new year greetings to world's Jewish communities /faith/item/25951-pope-offers-early-new-year-greetings-to-world-s-jewish-communities /faith/item/25951-pope-offers-early-new-year-greetings-to-world-s-jewish-communities

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis praised the increasingly friendly and fruitful relations between the Catholic Church and Jewish leaders as he also wished the world's Jewish communities a happy Rosh Hashanah a few weeks early.

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Vatican Thu, 31 Aug 2017 13:19:42 -0400
Interfaith Passover seder serves a feast full of history /item/24714-interfaith-passover-seder-serves-a-feast-full-of-history /item/24714-interfaith-passover-seder-serves-a-feast-full-of-history

A simple seder is synonymous with community, said Sr. Lucy Thorson of the Notre Dame de Sion Sisters over a bowl of matzo soup in the basement of TorontoöÏÓãÊÓƵapp downtown First Narayever Synagogue.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada: Toronto-GTA Tue, 28 Mar 2017 14:40:00 -0400
Palermo archdiocese to transfer chapel to first synagogue in Sicily in 500 years /home/international/item/24040-palermo-archdiocese-transfers-chapel-to-first-synagogue-in-sicily-in-500-years /home/international/item/24040-palermo-archdiocese-transfers-chapel-to-first-synagogue-in-sicily-in-500-years

ROME – More than 500 years after the Jews were expelled from Sicily, a tiny Jewish community will open its first synagogue in the islandöÏÓãÊÓƵapp capital city of Palermo.

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International Wed, 11 Jan 2017 16:20:00 -0500
Young people in search of a common love for God /item/23568-young-people-in-search-of-a-common-love-for-god /item/23568-young-people-in-search-of-a-common-love-for-god

Combine a little walk, a little prayer, three churches and group of young people from a variety of faiths, and you have the makings of a pretty interesting Sunday afternoon in downtown Toronto.

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Youth Speak News Fri, 11 Nov 2016 06:30:00 -0500
British Labour Party struggles to root out anti-Semitism /home/international/item/22283-british-labour-party-struggles-to-root-out-anti-semitism /home/international/item/22283-british-labour-party-struggles-to-root-out-anti-semitism

The identity of BritainöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Labour Party is at stake as its leaders struggle to address accusations that anti-Semitism is rife within its ranks.

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International Mon, 09 May 2016 09:00:39 -0400
Faith leaders plea for conscience protection for health care workers /item/22152-faith-leaders-plea-for-conscience-protection-for-health-care-workers /item/22152-faith-leaders-plea-for-conscience-protection-for-health-care-workers

OTTAWA – Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Muslim faith leaders have joined together to appeal for the protection of conscience rights for health professionals and institutions in CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp new assisted-death bill.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Tue, 19 Apr 2016 14:06:31 -0400
The Story of God shares Morgan FreemanöÏÓãÊÓƵapp questions of faith /features/arts/item/22047-the-story-of-god-shares-morgan-freeman-s-questions-of-faith /features/arts/item/22047-the-story-of-god-shares-morgan-freeman-s-questions-of-faith

CHICAGO - It all started about seven years ago when actor Morgan Freeman visited the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.

Noticing the mosaics of Jesus inside the museum, Freeman asked his tour guide, who was Muslim, if the tiles had been covered over when the building, originally a Greek Orthodox church, was used as a mosque.

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Arts News Sun, 03 Apr 2016 14:30:00 -0400
More protection needed for religious freedom, says Rabbi Sacks /item/21953-more-protection-needed-for-religious-freedom-says-rabbi-sacks /item/21953-more-protection-needed-for-religious-freedom-says-rabbi-sacks

The Jewish argument for freedom of religion is embedded in the Old Testament, the former chief rabbi of Britain told an enthralled audience at TorontoöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Glenn Gould Studio March 15.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 17 Mar 2016 09:00:00 -0400