It wasn’t so much that about 85 high school kids were in a synagogue for a Passover Seder; it was that there was hardly a Jew in sight. But that was the idea for this gathering, to teach Catholic high ...

Dave Lucas describes the rituals of friendship and religion that have brought him, a lapsed Catholic, together again and again with the descendants of Rudolph and Clara Komerofsky – two people he ...

GREENWICH — The lunch tables at Greenwich Catholic School were set with matzoh, beitzah, bitter herbs and charoset. The curious fifth graders seated simply saw a dry-looking cracker, half a ...

Kevin Eckstrom reports in Wednesday’s RNS transmission on online games that feature crucifixions and how they are offending some Christians: For nearly 2,000 years, Christians have marked the days ...

Last Sunday afternoon, Rev. Bernie Pietrzak stood aside while Rabbi Michael Tillman conducted a preview of Passover services at St. Raymond de Penafort Catholic Church in Mt. Prospect. “We give this ...

For Jews, Passover is a ritual celebration of freedom from tyranny in the story of Exodus. For Christians, it signifies the Last Supper, the final meal Christ shared with his apostles. “The common ...

A Passover seder meal that has been held at a Catholic Church every Palm Sunday for 20 years was canceled last week, a day after the invitation letters went out. Bishop Edward J. Slattery said he ...

David Moss grew up in a Conservative Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York. Before becoming Catholic, Moss became Baptist. Today, Moss serves as the president of the Association of Hebrew Catholics, ...