Originally published at The Catholic Thing
St. John Paul II’s example as a strong bridge-builder between Catholicism and Judaism should be used against enduring antisemitism, especially in the wake of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel that killed 1,200 people, according to a theologian who wrote a two-volume biography of one of the longest serving popes. On Monday, author and senior fellow of the Washington-based Ethics and Public Policy Center, George Weigel closed a half-day conference on Catholics and antisemitism sponsored by the New York-based Philos Project and the Catholic Information Center in Washington, D.C., which hosted the conference.
