This year, the Saint James Vicariate for Hebrew Speaking Catholics in Israel is celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of its community. On December 14, 1954, the Latin Patriarchal Vicar for Israel, Mgr. Vergani, together with Father Joseph Stiassny (Father of Sion), Father Jean-Roger Héné (Assumptionist), Mr. Martin Weinhoben and Ms. Yosha Bergman, announced the creation of Read More
Pope Francis on Thursday said Jews and Christians can continue to cooperate together “for the good of the peoples of our time” and work for peace together – especially in the Holy Land and the Middle East. Speaking to representatives of B’nai B’rith International, a Jewish organization that sponsors cultural programs and promotes religious tolerance Read More
Divine Mercy Picture is one of the most famous pictures of Jesus in the world. This picture was revealed to Sister Faustina Kowalska, at the time when her confessor and spiritual director was Fr. Michael Sopoćko.Few people know that blessed Fr. Sopoćko, a great spiritual leader was also involved in saving Jewish people. He helped Read More
At the time of the Second World War Blessed John Paul II, the pope from Poland lived a few miles away from the infamous concentration and extermination camps of Auschwitz Birkenau. A personal history that resonated deeply, providing him with the moral strength to give voice to his convictions in defending human dignity right from Read More
Sr. Darlene, nds from Egypt Just 2 months after she arrived in Alexandria for the new foundation in Egypt, Theodore wrote to Lucie Marx Mayer, July 6, 1880, “You know my sympathy for the happy country which sheltered the Holy Family. I do not think that any other country has produced so many saints.” (Theodore Read More
Last Tuesday, January 20th, the Jewish-Christian Studies Center from Madrid celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Sion. The Center received the Archbishop of Madrid, Don Carlos Osorio Sierra, who presided at Mass and then stayed for a social gathering with members and friends of the Centre and representatives of other institutions. This celebration is Read More
from “The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church” (Pontifical Biblical Commission) Fundamentalist interpretation starts from the principle that the Bible, being the word of God, inspired and free from error, should be read and interpreted literally in all its details. But by “literal interpretation” it understands a naively literalist interpretation, one, that is to Read More
The Old Testament is an indispensable part of Sacred Scripture. Its books are divinely inspired and retain a permanent value, for the Old Covenant has never been revoked. Indeed, “the economy of the Old Testament was deliberately so oriented that it should prepare for and declare in prophecy the coming of Christ, redeemer of all Read More
Giuseppe Ricciotti was a Biblical scholar and archeologist. He is mainly famous for his book The Life of Christ and History of Israel. In 1905, Ricciotti entered the novitiate of the Roman Catholic religious order of the Canons Regular of the Lateran. After his seminary studies and completing mandatory military service, he was ordained as a priest in Read More
