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The panel discussions brought together leading historians, religious figures and scholars from across the world, exploring notions of interfaith dialogue, coexistence and understanding.

The center will hold its first Shabbat services this weekend.

WOBURN -- Each year, the Holy See and the World Council of Churches publish resources to help Christians observe the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Since 2018, the churches of Woburn have taken turns hosting an ecumenical service for this occasion, which took place this year at St. Barbara Church on Jan. 29.

Benedict's tenure was marked by crises, but he was a personal friend to the Jews, writes the American Jewish Committee's international director of interreligious affairs.

As the declining presence of Christians makes it more and more difficult to make the "Christian character" of the Holy Land visible, the church there needs the church in the United States to be more proactive.

Incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to show up at a key gathering of Evangelicals.

In an interview with America, Cardinal Wilton Gregory said that Catholics have an obligation to be well-informed about the news, especially when antisemitic comments or actions are prevalent.

Saying they are outraged by growing "antisemitic rhetoric" across the country, members of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs urged Christians to decry hate-filled statements and violence aimed at Jewish individuals, homes and institutions.

BOSTON -- Continuing a years-long tradition between Boston's Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox communities, Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley attended a morning liturgy celebrated by Metropolitan Methodios at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral of New England on Nov. 30, the feast of St. Andrew.

Two rabbis praised the statement of solidarity from the US bishops Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs