Catholics Against Antisemitism: Now More Than Ever

A historic conference unfolds this week, Oct. 24 - 26, on the Franciscan University campus in Steubenville, Ohio, called “Nostra Aetate and the Future of Catholic-Jewish Relations at a Time of Rising Antisemitism.” It was first scheduled to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the Tree of Life shooting in nearby Pittsburgh, where an antisemitic murderer took the lives of 11 people, and injured six more, as they worshipped God on Oct. 27, 2018, in their synagogue. ...Now we know. The timing of this week’s conference, once seemingly accidental, is more urgent than ever, for three reasons.