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Pope Leo XIV during his inauguration, in Vatican City, the Holy See, May 18, 2025. (Mazur/cbcew.org.uk)

What Pope Leo won’t say about Gaza is testing the Catholic Church

Leo XIV has embraced his predecessor’s ethic of empathy. But across the Church, many are demanding he speak out more clearly against Israel's crimes.

By Paola Caridi July 10, 2026

PODCAST: Who’s afraid of Palestinian Christianity?

John Munayer highlights how Palestinian Christians have resisted their depoliticization, following in the tradition of anti-colonial liberation theology.

By +972 Magazine December 18, 2025

Tourists and worshipers visit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the Old City of Jerusalem. (Photo by Fat Jackey / Shutterstock.com)

‘Israel only officially recognizes Jewish holy sites’

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is one of the most sacred places in the world for Christianity. Yet Israel does not officially recognize it as a holy site, a new report reveals. Last Saturday the Eastern Churches marked Holy Fire, the Saturday after Good Friday, when Easter begins. Thousands of pilgrims visited…

By Orly Noy May 6, 2016

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A voice calling in the wilderness: A journey to the ‘Castle of the Jews’

Five hundred words and three photos from one place. This time: a church in the middle of a minefield, water you can walk on, an international border with no soldiers and a legal limbo that wouldn’t make sense anywhere else. What is the strangest place in the world? Depends how you define “strange.” In English, one…

By Yuval Ben-Ami May 29, 2014

Jewish settlers dance during a ceremony inaugurating a new Jewish settlement in Ras al-Amud in May, 2011. (Photo: Oren Ziv/ Activestills.org)

‘Religion and politics’ in Israel: The mythology of Jewish nationalism

The State of Israel has never attempted to build a national identity that would be ‘liberated ’from Jewish ‘religion.’ Instead, it has focused on the construction of a national identity distinct in one critical respect: it is reserved for Jews only. By Yaacov Yadgar One of the more controversial legislative bills being currently pushed forward…

By Haokets August 27, 2013

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Dispelling modern myths of Muslim anti-Semitism

An academic chapter about the history of Muslim relations with Jews provides a refreshing rejoinder to the tired assumption that Muslim society and culture are fundamentally anti-Semitic. In this post, I am hosting a short comment by the author, explaining his argument. (more…)

By Dahlia Scheindlin May 20, 2013

WATCH: Muslim, Jewish, Christian teens talk religion in film

A few weeks ago, I volunteered at Together Through Film, a weekend outdoor activity camp with 18 teenagers from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The group was made up of a mix of Muslim, Jewish and Christian youth, some religious and others secular. What brought this group together was their passion to learn about each other’s…

By Aziz Abu Sarah October 2, 2011