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Islam’s problem with Jews goes back millennia

October 17, 2023

The events in Israel and Gaza have presented the world with a clash of political ambitions of the most intense kind, bathed in the deeply emotive murder and rape of civilians, extending to the burning and slaughter of babies. But they have also presented the world with a clash of ethical systems. The Muslim protagonists

Iceland is the latest front in the war on religious freedom

April 20, 2018

The proposed ban on male circumcision is another example of secular authorities itching to legislate on religious belief

When the Gospel seems too hard and unpopular, just keep preaching

June 26, 2017

For liberal Christians, worldliness is at the core of their theology, though they may not know it

First books of the Bible show God’s love for humanity, says Francis

February 24, 2017

The Pope told Jewish scholars that the Torah showed 'paths of goodness [that we] must walk together'

So long, Leonard: thank you for helping me to find God

November 11, 2016

He was mocked as a miserablist, but he brought beauty out of the gloom

Jacob Neusner, Benedict XVI’s ‘favourite rabbi’, dies aged 84

October 11, 2016

The Jewish scholar whose work was admired by Pope Benedict has died at his home in New York

Religious leaders in Assisi praise Patriarch Bartholomew as a great ecumenist

September 20, 2016

Jewish, Anglican and Catholic leaders celebrated the 25th anniversary of the patriarch's enthronement

‘Now, more than ever, we need peace in the world,’ says Pope ahead of Assisi visit

September 19, 2016

Francis will pray for peace with leaders of other religions in the Italian town on Tuesday