Maimonides
by Brenda Fine
(From Catholic Near East Magazine Winter 1983)
A medieval Jewish philosopher and physician whose genius was ahead of his time is still respected today.
Pope and Jewish Leader Discuss Economic Values
Catholic News Service (14 December 2011)
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The free market is the
economic model that seems most consonant with biblical
teaching, but the global economic crisis demonstrates that,
without moral values, the market economy can implode,
said Great Britain’s chief rabbi.
Mosque in Jerusalem Vandalized
Catholic News Service (16 December 2011)
ROME (CNS) — The day after an ancient mosque
in Jerusalem was vandalized and burned, allegedly by
Jewish extremists, participants at a Rome conference on
“sacred space” called for absolute respect for all places of worship.
Video:“First Take: Vatican”
Catholic News Service (25 July 2012)
An expert at the Vatican talks about the purpose of inter-religious dialogue.
Picture of the Day: Bringing Light to Darkness
A girl lights a candle during Christmas night Divine Liturgy at the church of Three Prelates in Moscow. (photo: Julia Vishnevets)
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Picture of the Day: Festival of Lights
An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish couple lights candles on the third night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. (photo: CNS/Debbie Hill)
Picture of the Day: Passover
Matzo and drops of wine are seen on a plate at a Seder table. The Jewish ritual feast is celebrated during Passover, the commemoration of the deliverance of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery. (photo: CNS/Nancy Phelan Wiechec)