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"On this annual occasion of painful remembrance, I ask the Almighty for the gift of a world with no more antisemitism," Pope Leo said.

Church leaders’ January 17 message prioritizes jurisdiction and control over empathy, dialogue, and guidance for local believers.

The Christmas pageant, performed on Sunday in New Jersey, also included a Hasidic Jewish caricature, carrying a sack of coins and dancing with the devil.

Maduro has cited Sephardic Jewish roots, but his own statements and the public record leave his Jewish status unconfirmed.

Across Germany, Jewish music becomes a living answer to Holocaust memory and post–Oct. 7 antisemitism, one concert at a time.

The Illinois bill, which takes effect next September, gives terminally ill adults with a prognosis of six months or less the option to request a medical prescription to end their lives.

"Such a pause would show a decent regard for the humanity of these families. Now is not the time to be callous toward the suffering caused by immigration enforcement," the bishops wrote.

"It has become increasingly common to drag the language of faith into political battles, to bless nationalism, and to justify violence and armed struggle in the name of religion," said the pope.

In Choosing to Be Chosen: From Being an Atheist Non-Jew to Becoming an Orthodox Jew, Kylie Ora Lobell finds the God she didn’t know she was searching for within a Judaism she didn’t know existed.

The mediation to settle sexual abuse claims could result in one of the largest payouts ever by the church in the United States.