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President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a reception for the new Democratic members of Congress in the State Dining Room of the White House on Sunday. He visited Los Angeles on Wednesday. Photo by Leigh Vogel/UPI | License Photo Jan. 9 (UPI) -- White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said…

When last we checked in on Pope Francis, leader of the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church, he was unveiling a Vatican nativity scene that depicted the Baby Jesus resting in the manger atop a Hamas kaffiyeh. RedState reported at the time: The heretical nativity scene was apparently organized by the Higher…

(RNS) — In a Dec. 25 letter to Pope Francis, the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations joined other Jewish and Israeli leaders in criticizing the pontiff for comments he made in a Christmastime address condemning Israel’s most recent bombing of Gaza that resulted in the deaths of children.  In…

Pope Francis on Monday named Sister Simona Brambilla the first female prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. Photo by Stefano Spaziani/UPI | License Photo Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Pope Francis on Monday named Sister Simona Brambilla the first female prefect of the…

(RNS) — A group representing the leaders of the United States’ largest Jewish organizations has written a letter to Pope Francis criticizing his recent condemnation of Israeli airstrikes that killed 25 Palestinians, calling the pope’s comments “incendiary.” In his Dec. 21 Christmas address to the Catholic Church’s cardinals, Francis said:…

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IJCIC Letter to the Holy See The following letter was sent to Pope Francis by IJCIC: THe International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations protesting his repeated unbalanced criticism of Irael. Your Holiness, We write to you as representatives of the International Committee on Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC), an organization known to…

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