We don't know much about Leo XIV and the Jews. But he could be just the pope for us. - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

We don’t know much about Leo XIV and the Jews. But he could be just the pope for us.

As a Chicagoan who teaches at Villanova University, it was surreal for me to watch the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as Pope Leo XIV last Thursday. The new pontiff grew up in Chicago and graduated from Villanova, a…

We don't know much about Leo XIV and the Jews. But he could be just the pope for us. - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

As a Chicagoan who teaches at Villanova University, it was surreal for me to watch the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as Pope Leo XIV last Thursday. The new pontiff grew up in Chicago and graduated from Villanova, a Catholic school, in 1977. Amid general excitement over the first U.S.-born pope, my networks also erupted with Chicago and Villanova pride. Yet as much as I loved the memes about deep dish pizza and basketball, I noticed…

Pope Leo XIV pledges to strengthen Catholic-Jewish dialogue

In a letter to Rabbi Noam Marans of the American Jewish Committee, Pope Leo XIV expressed his intention to strengthen Catholic-Jewish relations.

Why Jewish people should care about the appointment of the pope

When I started a degree in Judaic studies, I didn’t expect to spend so much time learning about the Catholic Church. I quickly realized, however, that to study Jewish history without Christianity, especially without the Catholic Church, is to leave out the world in which we lived — and often just survived — for centuries. Judaism has never existed in a vacuum. As a minority tradition, we have continually adapted to the realities of living under …

We don’t know much about Leo XIV and the Jews, but he could be just the pope for us - Conservative Angle

The new pontiff resumed his predecessor’s calls for a ceasefire in his first Sunday address. Official church policy on Israel or the war is unlikely to change. The post We don’t know much about Leo XIV and the Jews, but he could be just the pope for us appeared first on Conservative Angle | Conservative Angle - Conservative News Clearing House

Pope pledges strengthened dialogue with Jews - The Southern Cross

By Justin McLellan and Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — Among his first messages, Pope Leo XIV expressed his intention to strengthen the Catholic Church’s ties with the Jewish community. “Trusting in the assistance of the Almighty, I pledge to continue and strengthen the Church’s dialogue and cooperation with the Jewish people in the spirit of the Second Vatican Council’s declaration ‘Nostra Aetate,'” the pope wrote in a message to Rabbi Noam Marans,…