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Sylvester, Pope in the Age of Christian Liberty. St. Sylvester was the first Pope of Rome to reign entirely under the liberty of the Church, guaranteed by the Edict of Milan in 313. Sylvester - a priest of Rome and the son of one Rufinus, according to the Liber pontificalis - was elected to the See of Peter in 314.
May 16, 2024 · After centuries of teaching that Jewish people as a whole killed Jesus, the Catholic Church rejected the belief in 1965, a stance then-Pope Benedict XVI reiterated in 2011. Could the bill ...
May 13, 2024 · The historic allegation of deicide, the accusation that all Jews are eternally responsible for the crucifixion of Jesus, has long been rejected by much of the Christian world.
3 days ago · The history of antisemitism, defined as hostile actions or discrimination against Jews as a religious or ethnic group, goes back many centuries, with antisemitism being called "the longest hatred". Jerome Chanes identifies six stages in the historical development of antisemitism:
4 days ago · Illig lays the blame for the missing time on Holy Roman Emperor Otto III and Pope Sylvester II, who conspired to change the dates so Otto could be Emperor in the year 1000, to legitimize his reign ...
May 8, 2024 · In this article, he reflects on the catastrophe of anti-Semitism for Jews and Palestinians and on current definitions of anti-Semitism that, he says, delegitimize the struggle for justice and peace in Palestine today.
5 days ago · Updated 11:24 AM PDT, May 28, 2024. VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis apologized Tuesday after he was quoted using a vulgar and derogatory term about gay men to reaffirm the Catholic Church’s ban on gay priests.
