These three sources of tension – the politics of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, the theological approach to Judaism, and the inter-faith balancing act vis-à-vis Islam — are all coming to a head amid the current conflagration in Gaza.
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This week the Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishops are holding their annual synod in Rome, meeting with Pope Francis and other top Vatican officials amid ongoing fallout from the pope’s recent praise of Russia.
Almost by accident, we’ve had a poignant reminder of why popes over the centuries have scratched and clawed to defend Vatican sovereignty, in the form of a June 29 encounter between Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow.