Documentation

Richard Harvey, a leading Jewish Messianic theologian and activist, has initiated a campaign to have the “Judensau” – an anti-Jewish depiction – removed from the facade of the Wittenberg church in Germany.

Pope Francis suggests to the baptized and to communities, concrete gestures on the occasion of the first World Day of the Poor, established by “Misericordia et Misera” for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, and which, therefore, will be observed on November 19, 2017.

The author of the poem is Warsan Shire, a Somali refugee, living in England. We print the poem during Holy week, a week to commemorate the Passion of Jesus, during which we pray for all those suffering until today, especially those who have to flee their homeland.

Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Apostolic Administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, addressed a letter to the entire diocese of the Patriarchate on Friday, March 3, 2017.

In preparation for Lent, Pope Francis addressed a letter to all Catholics.

On Thursday, February 23, 2017, Pope Francis received a delegation of Jews from Argentina, who presented him with an illustrated edition of the Torah.

The Open University held a study day on June 9, 2016 on the relations between Jews and Christians. We publish here the lectures and the discussion.

We publish here the traditional message of the Pope on the occasion of the World Day of Peace which falls on January 1, 2017.

The message of Pope Francis for the World Day of Migrants, which will be on January 15, 2017, was published.

We publish here an extract from the book of Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger (1926-2007), Archbishop of Paris, prominent Jewish Catholic. The priests of the Saint James Vicariate meditated his thoughts during their annual retreat in October 2016.

We publish here an extract from the book of Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger (1926-2007), Archbishop of Paris, prominent Jewish Catholic. The priests of the Saint James Vicariate meditated his thoughts during their annual retreat in October 2016.

We publish here an extract from the book of Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger (1926-2007), Archbishop of Paris, prominent Jewish Catholic. The priests of the Saint James Vicariate meditated his thoughts during their annual retreat in October 2016.

We publish here an extract from the book of Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger (1926-2007), Archbishop of Paris, prominent Jewish Catholic. The priests of the Saint James Vicariate meditated his thoughts during their annual retreat in October 2016.

We publish here an extract from the book of Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger (1926-2007), Archbishop of Paris, prominent Jewish Catholic. The priests of the Saint James Vicariate meditated his thoughts during their annual retreat in October 2016.

We publish here the words of H.E. Archbishop Pizzaballa on the occasion of his solemn entry into Jerusalem on September 21, 2016.

Pope Francis issued a Message to mark the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation on September 1, 2016. Taken from the Extraordinary Jubilee Year and his encyclical letter, Laudato si’, the theme of the Holy Father’ Message is:Show mercy to our common home.

The Israeli national religious newspaper, “Mekor Rishon”, published a long article on the change in the Catholic Church with regard to the Jewish people in its Friday edition of April 8, 2016.

On April 7, 2016, the Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee published a joint declaration after its meeting in Warsaw. This body brings together the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC) and the Vatican's Commission for Religious Relations With the Jews.

Krystyna Carmi, an Israeli survivor of the Shoah, baptized at the end of the Shoah, has published her autobiography in English.

This year the central mass for the World Day of the Sick will be celebrated in Nazareth on February 11, 2016. In preparation of this event, the Pope published his traditional message.