Catholic leaders see new urgency to fight rise of antisemitism

Influential Catholic leaders are emphasizing with new urgency the responsibility of everyday Catholics to combat antisemitism.

“Let Catholics anew, beginning today, join hands in a new abolitionism: A summons to step up solidarity with the Jewish people in a moment when the malignity aimed at them continues to reveal its serpentine face,” Mary Eberstadt, the Panula Chair in Christian Culture at the Catholic Information Center and senior research fellow at the Faith & Reason Institute, said during a conference held March 10 in Washington, D.C.

The conference, “Catholics and Antisemitism–Facing the Past, Shaping the Future,” was hosted by Philos Catholic, part of The Philos Project, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting positive Christian engagement in the Near East, in partnership with the Catholic Information Center (CIC), a self-described “Catholic intellectual hub” that seeks to serve professionals by the D.C. metro area.