Christian Attitudes

More on the Israeli-Vatican dispute. Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls made an unusually harsh rebuttal Thursday, issuing a two-page list of the times John Paul condemned attacks against Jews and calling Barkan's accusations "groundless" and in… more »

Thanks to Kinnor David http://kinnordavid.blogspot.com/ for drawing attention to this article by Martin Peretz, published in the New Republic. Which takes us back to the church deleriants for Palestine. What kindles the fire in their hearts for Pal… more »

Jewish leaders on Friday urged the Vatican and Israel to tone down the rhetoric in the escalating dispute over papal pronouncements on terrorism, saying they feared the feud could do lasting damage to relations... ...Seymour Reich, who has been invol… more »

Morally speaking, these Protestant Churches are falling in rapid succession like a line of dominoes. I wonder who set them up, oh so painstakingly, in a long line, and then gave the first one a push? The latest to collapse into a state of open antisemi… more »

Things are getting nasty here. The Vatican on Thursday denounced some Israeli retaliations against past terrorism as a violation of international law in an ongoing spat over Pope Benedict XVI's failure to specifically condemn terror against Israel in r… more »

The Disciples of Christ have voted to pressure Israel to remove the security fence. The Disciples of Christ, at their annual Synod on the morning of Wednesday July 27, voted on a resolution “Breaking Down the Dividing Wall” The vote was approximately… more »

A few more snippets of information in this radio interview: The first 100 days of Benedict XVI For outsiders, it’s difficult to know how much of what a Pope says or does is his own, and how much influenced by officials around him. The new Pope seems… more »

More on the Pope's failure to include Israel among the list of countries suffering terrorist attacks, in an Opinion piece in the Jerusalem Post.The Vatican's response to Israel's official displeasure – its envoy in Israel, Archbishop Pietro Sambi, was s… more »

In this article, 'Papal Benediction', Arnold Beichman discovers a pre-papal interview of Cardinal Ratzinger, published in 2000. About Jews, Ratzinger says: "In the Old Testament the special significance of this choice is emphasized again and again,… more »

The Disciples of Christ in Portland are currently meeting to consider a resolution calling on Israel to dismantle the separation barrier. They do not consider calling on the Palestinians to cease terrorist attacks. more »

An assessment of Pope Benedict XVI's pontificate so far, and some idea of his priorities: Another cutback regards trips abroad. His will be few and tightly focused. He gave the example with his first trip, to Bari on May 29: he made a round trip in… more »

Quite rightly, there was much Israeli indignation when Pope Benedict XVI prayed for God to stop the "murderous hand" of terrorists, during his noontime blessing delivered from his holiday retreat in the Alps. He mentioned recent "abhorrent terrorist at… more »

The Israel Trust of the Anglican Church "strongly criticizes" the Anglican Peace and Justice statement on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. In its biased and unjust statement, the Anglican Peace and Justice Network does not speak for the Israel Tru… more »

Another dissident UCC voice is heard in this article by David Hornik The Church of Anti-Semitismin a statement released on April 21 by the Judeo-Christian Alliance, an initiative of the Boston-based David Project, its director Dexter Zan Zile—also a mem… more »

Not all members of the UCC support its recent call for divestment and earlier this month a statement of apology was issued by Rev. David Runnion-Bareford, Executive Director of Biblical Witness Fellowship, the largest renewal group within the United Chu… more »

Anti-semites always do reject such accusations though, don’ t they? Some critics have described as anti-semitic the WCC's recent call to member churches with investment funds to consider not participating economically in activities related to the occu… more »