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Theresa Civantos Barber

Pope’s powerful message for Holocaust Remembrance Day

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Vatican investigating Swiss Guard accused of anti-Semitism

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Leo XIV sends Jewish community of Rome holiday message

GINO BARTALI

Daniel Esparza

The Carmelite cyclist who defied the Nazis

Rudolf Höss, the Commandant of Auschwitz

John Burger

Grandson of the “Commandant of Auschwitz” is Bible preacher

GINO BARTALI

Camille Dalmas

Catholic hero to be honored at start of the Tour de France

Aleteia 2024 Summer Book List - The Watchmaker's Daughter

Caitlin Bootsma

Meet the heroic family who defied the Nazis during WWII

Christian Jewish Unity

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US bishops to place memo on antisemitism in parish missals

in the Vatican Gardens, a Grafted Apple Tree by the blessed Józef Ulma.

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Tree in the Vatican honors the Ulma family’s “gift of life”

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Anna Kurian

She inspired Benedict XVI: Vatican remembers Etty Hillesum

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John Touhey

Etty Hillesum still speaks to us 80 years after her death

Cesare Orsenigo, Pius XII's nuncio to Germany throughout World War II, with Hitler and Joachim von Ribbentrop.

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<strong>The Church of Pius XII after World War II: a mixed legacy</strong>

Pope Pius XII writes one of his wartime Christmas radio messages using a typewriter at the Vatican in this undated photo.

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Conference considers new insights into the “silence” of Pius XII

The researchers who studied a new document on Jews who were sheltered in Catholic congregations during the Holocaust. From the left : Paul Oberholzer (Gregorian University), Iael Nidam-Orvieto (Director of the International Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad Vashem), Silvia Haia Antonucci (Historical Archives of the Jewish Community of Rome), Grazia Loparco (Pontifical Faculty of Educational Sciences Auxilium), Claudio Procaccia (Director of the Cultural Department of the Jewish Community of Rome), Dominik Markl (Pontifical Biblical Institute and University of Innsbruck).

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Lost list rediscovered: Names 3,200 Jews sheltered in Rome during WWII

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John Burger

Rabbinical school teams with Vatican to examine Hebrew manuscripts

FR. EMIL KAPAUN CRUCIFIX

John Burger

The Jewish POW who made a crucifix to honor a priest

Girls hugging with Israeli and American flags

J-P Mauro

Survey: Catholics unlikely to hold antisemitic sentiments

Abrahamic Family House, United Arab Emirates

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Abrahamic Family House: Interfaith unity in the Middle East

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Anna Kurian

Pius XII’s archives on Holocaust are fully available in digital format

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Terror attack in Jerusalem synagogue leaves 7 dead, more injured

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Pentecost Novena Day 1, for grace of wisdom and charity

Pentecost Novena Day 1, for grace of wisdom and charity

Start today: Novena to pray for Holy Spirit’s fruits and gifts

Start today: Novena to pray for Holy Spirit’s fruits and gifts

Diocese officially opens cause for joyful university student

Diocese officially opens cause for joyful university student

Brazilian sister drowns saving fellow Carmelites in Italy

Brazilian sister drowns saving fellow Carmelites in Italy

Depressed? Here’s a patron saint for you

Depressed? Here’s a patron saint for you

Pope Leo notes his concern about anxiety in young people

Pope Leo notes his concern about anxiety in young people

When St. Gemma Galgani was visited by a soul from Purgatory

When St. Gemma Galgani was visited by a soul from Purgatory

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