WASHINGTON â Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a brief response to a social media post by President Trump on Sunday evening.
âI am disheartened that the President chose to write such disparaging words about the Holy Father. Pope Leo is not his rival; nor is the Pope a politician. He is the Vicar of Christ who speaks from the truth of the Gospel and for the care of souls.â
On Capitol Hill, more than 60 faith leaders were arrested inside the Hart Senate Office Building to protest Trumpâs immigration policies. They carried banners reading âDo Justice, Love kindness, Abolish ICE.â Meanwhile, a coalition of groups have called for a national shutdown today, a week after a general strike was held in Minnesota. Organizers are calling for âNo work. No school. No shopping. Stop funding ICE.â
Across the river in Minneapolis, Temple Israel synagogue was filled Friday morning with clergy, elected leaders and others for an interfaith service to launch the day of striking, marching and activism. Marcia Zimmerman, senior rabbi, declared that âhistory is on our side,â before lighting a candle in the synagogueâs sanctuary of remembrance for Good and people who have died in federal detention.
Washingtonâs Episcopal bishop, Mariann Budde, a former Minneapolis priest and prominent critic of President Donald Trump who traveled to Minnesota for Fridayâs march, praised localsâ resistance.
âWhat I and others can do is connect the dots, between the scale and deliberate cruelty here with what has been taking place across the country,â she said, referring to the actions of the federal government. âMinneapolis has shown the country what it looks like to stand up.â
Speaking with the Haaretz daily following a faction meeting held to discuss whether or not to support the UTJ-led move, a Shas source said that the party will push to dissolve the Knesset, a move that would strip the coalition of its majority and trigger new elections.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuâs government was teetering Wednesday after the spiritual leaders of Degel Hatorah, one of the two factions that make up the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party, instructed their MKs to introduce a bill to dissolve the Knesset due to the coalitionâs failure to pass a law exempting yeshiva students from conscription â a longstanding UTJ goal.
On Wednesday morning, Degel Hatorah chair MK Moshe Gafni received the instructions from rabbis Moshe Hirsch, the dean of Bnei Brakâs Slabodka yeshiva, and Dov Lando, the senior leader of the so-called Lithuanian stream of non-Hasidic ultra-Orthodoxy and the chairman of the factionâs ruling Council of Torah Sages.
Prior to his election as Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops. Here is the biography of the 267th Bishop of Rome.
„Peace be with all of you!“ – the first words of Pope Leo XIV. The Conclave has elected Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost as the 267th Bishop of Rome. The new pope was announced to the waiting crowds by Cardinal Protodeacon Dominique Mamberti.
On Thursday, February 13, 350 rabbis and Jewish public figures took out a full-page ad in the New York Times and used it to condemn President Trump‘s new proposal.
The ad reads: âTrump has called for the removal of all Palestinians from Gaza. Jewish people say no to ethnic cleansing!â and is followed by a list of the signatories, which include Rabbis Sharon Brous, Roly Matalon, and Alissa Wise, as well as Jewish creatives and activists such as Tony Kushner, Ilana Glazer, Naomi Klein, and Joaquin Phoenix.
The lead signatories are dozens of Jewish actors, artists and public figures, including Joaquin Phoenix and his siblings Summer and Rain, Ilana Glazer, Eric André, Morgan Spector, Tony Kushner, Jonathan Glazer, Larry Charles, Naomi Klein, Peter Beinart, Tavi Gevison and Wallace Shawn. Many on the list have previously spoken out in support of the Palestinians in public forums.
The public figures are followed by a list of hundreds of rabbis.
The adâs website says donations from the project go to the In Our Name Campaign, an initiative founded by Jews in philanthropy who sought to raise $10 million for âorganizations that support Palestinian-led efforts to build safety, dignity, and self-determination in Palestineâ as well as pro-Palestinian organizing in the United States.
In a statement, Al-Sumaida‘i condemned „Zionist violations,“ stressing the need for âa firm response.â He expressed surprise at the Iraqi governmentâs stance and the air defense forces‘ spokesman‘s declaration that they are „on alert and under full Iraqi control.“
âSuch statements cast doubt on Iraqâs position,â the Mufti announced, affirming that the current situation makes the country seem âweak and hesitant.â
He further called on Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani to intervene immediately to prevent any leniency in dealing with these violations, stressing that âIraq must take decisive measures to preserve its dignity and sovereignty against any aggression.â
The statement did not mention who would succeed Nasrallah or how the group would respond to the assassination of its long-time leader.
According to analysts, the man widely regarded as Nasrallah‘s heir, Hashem Safieddine, was still alive after Friday‘s attack.
„Happy are those who act justly, who do right at all times.â (Psalm 106.3)
Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR) is an Israeli organization, active in three main areas â work within and about the Occupied Territories; work to promote social and economic justice within Israel; and activities in the fields of education and interreligious dialogue. RHR was founded in 1988 in response to contraventions of human rights taking place in the Occupied Territories. Since its inception, its activities have expanded to include
– To articulate a vision of justice rooted in Jewish tradition, in the spirit of the Rabbinical teaching that all persons are created in Godâs image
– To act in order to prevent violations of human rights taking place within Israel and in the Occupied Territories
– To further a vision of Judaism sanctifying life, justice and equality and to increase awareness of this vision within Israeli society
– To further these values on the basis of constant engagement with Jewish tradition
Rabbi Meir Mazuz, a member of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party says in televised Torah lesson he hopes Bennett, Lapid, Liberman, their friends and their friend‘s friends soon depart this world
Rabbi Meir Mazuz, the head of the Tunisian Jewish community, fiercely attacks ministers Lapid and Lieberman over their policies toward ultra-Orthodox Jews
Die Mehrheit der Deutschen (52 Prozent) hat kein VerstĂ€ndnis fĂŒr Menschen, die gegen die Corona-MaĂnahmen der Bundesregierung demonstrieren. Das ergab eine Umfrage des Markt- und Sozialforschungsinstituts INSA-Consulere (Erfurt) im Auftrag der Evangelischen Nachrichtenagentur IDEA (Wetzlar).
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Die Kommunikation ĂŒber Klima und Corona zeigt religiöse Elemente. In der Klima- und Corona-Politik finden wir vier klassische Motive der Religionsgeschichte:
Erstens: Die moralische Schuld.
Zweitens: Das religiöse Opfer.
Drittens: die Unterscheidung von Reinheit und Unreinheit.
Viertens: Die göttliche Offenbarung.
âI will use every bit of my energy and power to destroy them before they destroy the nation,â Evans pledged, claiming that while God had chosen Netanyahu, he had not âheard God choose any of these fools.â
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Leading national religious rabbis on Saturday night released an open letter calling for their supporters to âdo everythingâ to ensure the so-called âchange governmentâ is thwarted.
The letter was released shortly after the director of the Shin Bet security service, in a rare statement, warned against political violence and incitement, saying that somebody could get hurt.
In einem Brief vom 21. Mai an den Heiligen Vater legt der Kardinal seine GrĂŒnde fĂŒr diesen Schritt dar. Papst Franziskus teilte Kardinal Marx mit, dass dieses Schreiben nun veröffentlicht werden könne und dass der Kardinal bis zu einer Entscheidung seinen bischöflichen Dienst weiter ausĂŒben solle.
Im Kern geht es fĂŒr mich darum, Mitverantwortung zu tragen fĂŒr die Katastrophe des sexuellen Missbrauchs durch AmtstrĂ€ger der Kirche in den vergangenen Jahrzehntenâ, schrieb Marx dem Papst. Die Untersuchungen und Gutachten der zurĂŒckliegenden zehn Jahre zeigten fĂŒr ihn durchgĂ€ngig, dass es âviel persönliches Versagen und administrative Fehlerâ gegeben habe, aber âeben auch institutionelles oder systemisches Versagenâ.
(30. MĂ€rz 2012)
Die Herrschaft ĂŒber Kolonien erlangten die Machthaber Europas, indem sie MilitĂ€r in die Kolonien entsendeten und Zivilverwaltungen aufbauten. Dieses Vorgehen rechtfertigten sie damit, dass sie die Bevölkerung in den kolonialen Besitzungen fĂŒr minderwertig erklĂ€rten. Die sogenannten Wilden betrachteten sie als rassisch unterlegen, als unzivilisiert und unfĂ€hig, sich selbst zu verwalten. Es galt daher als legitim, sie in den Kolonien zur Arbeit zu zwingen oder als Sklaven zu exportieren.
KolonialmÀchte wollten Kolonien aber nicht nur beherrschen und ausbeuten, sondern ihnen auch ihre Kulturen und Religionen aufprÀgen.
Last month, New Zealand appointed the first Indigenous woman to serve as governor general. Dame Cindy Kiro, a well-known children‘s advocate, is the third MÄori to hold the post. The first, Sir Paul Reeves, was appointed in 1985.
The federal government is under enormous pressure right now to show some progress on Crown-Indigenous reconciliation â in the wake of this week‘s reports on undocumented deaths at the Kamloops Indian Residential School and fresh calls for Ottawa to move faster on implementing the recommendations of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Zum JubilĂ€um des am kommenden Sonntag (19. Juli 2020) vor 70 Jahren gegrĂŒndeten Zentralrats der Juden in Deutschland sendet der PrĂ€sident des Zentralkomitees der deutschen Katholiken (ZdK), Prof. Dr. Thomas Sternberg, herzlichste GlĂŒckwĂŒnsche.
Die Stimme des Zentralrats der Juden sei in Deutschland unerlĂ€sslich, so der ZdK-PrĂ€sident in seinem Schreiben an Dr. Josef Schuster, dem PrĂ€sidenten des Zentralrats der Juden. âDie aktuellen Projekte des Zentralrats der Juden, wie Meet a Jew oder Schalom Aleikum zeigen in der Ăffentlichkeit Wirkung und machen Hoffnung auf ein von gegenseitigem Respekt geprĂ€gten Zusammenleben der Religionen und Kulturen in Deutschland.â
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âPresident Barham Salih has his own candidate, the current head of intelligence Mustafa al-Kadhemi. There is no veto on the personality of Kadhemi; however, the serious problem is the attempt of the President to dismiss the power of the Parliament and his rejection of the will of the largest parliamentary coalitionâ, said the source.
Sources in Najaf stated âthe Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Sistani has repeatedly stated that power emanates from the people and not from the President. It is the people and their representatives who make the decisions and if a new Prime Minister is rejected by the people he will not last long in officeâ.
„It is imperative on peaceful demonstrators that they separate their ranks from non-peaceful individuals and cooperate on shunning saboteurs – whoever they are – and not allow them to abuse peaceful protests to damage and attack the property of citizens,“ a representative of Ayatollah Sistani said as he delivered the top cleric‘s sermon.
„The enemies and their levers, in order to achieve their malicious goals, plan to spread chaos and plunge the country into internal strife and then return it to dictatorship, so everyone must work together to take away this opportunity from them,“ he added.