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VATICAN CITY (RNS) Catholic-Jewish tensions over Pope Pius XII flared again after a church official suggested on Saturday (Oct. 18) that a Jerusalem museum exhibit about the World War II-era pontiff was an impediment to Israeli-Vatican relations. The statement prompted a response from Israeli President Shimon Peres, and was followed by an Israeli Web site…

(RNS) An Episcopal Church committee voted Friday (Oct. 17) to oust more than 50 California clerics who left the denomination last year to join a more conservative province in the Anglican Communion. The 16 deacons and 36 priests have six months to recant and return to the Episcopal Church before they are defrocked by Bishop…

Jesus, many Christians might tell you, saved their lives. Benyamin Cohen, founder and editor of American Jewish Life and Jewsweek, credits the carpenter with helping to save his faith. At first glance, you might think Cohen’s story would be markedly different from most (unless, of course, you too are the son of an Orthodox rabbi…

PARIS – France’s main Jewish organization warned on Friday that Church efforts to make wartime Pope Pius XII a saint would deal “a severe blow” to relations between Catholics and Jews. The warning from the umbrella organization of French Jewish groups, or CRIF, comes as the Vatican is mounting an aggressive campaign to refute decades-old…
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