Tag: JPII

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 7 October, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel that killed 1,200 people, according to a theologian and papal biographer George Weigel.

My hands were shaky a quarter-century ago as I carried the heavy box from the front door of our house into my study. Inside were my author’s copies of Witness to Hope, the first volume of my biography of Pope John Paul II, and my mind was racing.