Here’s a look at Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s life. Personal Birth date: April 16, 1927 Death date: December 31, 2022 Birth place: Marktl am Inn, Germany Birth name: Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger Father: ...

The Jewish population of Judea and Galilee was divided into three religious groups, two major and one minor. The largest group by numbers were the Pharisees but they were not a majority.

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Even though the disciples may have attended the synagogues on the Sabbath to evangelize ... of St. Ignatius of Antioch who was martyred in Rome before 110 A.D. Translations of these classic ...

Hundreds of Jewish public figures in the United States have condemned President Trump's proposal to "take over" and redevelop Gaza, saying this would amount to the ethical cleansing of millions of ...

In 1986, he became the first pope to visit the Great Synagogue of Rome. Under his leadership, the Vatican established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1993. In 1998, the Vatican issued the document ...

A New York man pleaded guilty to civil rights and firearm charges Tuesday for firing a shotgun outside a synagogue two months after the start of the Israel-Hamas war, federal prosecutors said.

(JTA) — More than 80 years after one of Germany’s most prominent synagogues was destroyed on Kristallnacht, the Jewish community of Hamburg has taken ownership of the building’s site and is ...

Lancaster native Austin Reid is a historian and writer based in Rochester, New York, uncovering the hidden histories of small-town Jewish communities and their broader social impact. His work has ...

But there was a big, and unexpected, difference this week for members of the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center: Instead of convening in their synagogue’s 80-year-old building, they were in the ...

"Uphold the truth and ensure that justice prevails.” This was the appeal of some Catholic bishops who form the organization of Caritas Philippines after more than two-thirds of members of the House of ...

In 1996, when Professor Bernard Hibbitts first established JURIST, few could have foreseen the impact the project would have. Whether measured in terms of the individual lives it has touched, its ...