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That's sun tradition

Wednesday, April 8, 2009
By Megan Sweas
Imagine saying a prayer once every 28 years. You only utter those words a few times in your life. That’s exactly what tens of thousands of Jews did this morning in Israel, AFP reports. At the Wailing Wall or wherever they were, they turned toward the rising sun and offered a blessing to the sun with the Birkat Hakhama prayer. Why just 28 years?
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Interreligious repair

Wednesday, February 11, 2009
By Bryan Cones
Pope Benedict XVI's advisers are now taking the blame for the public relations catastrophe that ensued when the pope lifted the excommunication of Bishop Richard Williamson and three other schismatic bishops, according to the Toronto Star and other sources.
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Collateral damage

Wednesday, January 28, 2009
By Bryan Cones
The news after the rehabilitation of the Lefebrvites keeps getting worse: The chief rabbinate of Israel has broken off ties with the Vatican, despite Pope Benedict's protestations that he does not share Bishop Richard Williamson's denial of the Holocaust, according to the Jerusalem Post. Healing this new rift will indeed take time.
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Jewish-Catholic relationship gets rocky

Wednesday, January 14, 2009
By Bryan Cones
A leading Italian rabbi has pulled out of an annual Vatican celebration of Judaism, according to the U.K. Times.
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