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December 29, 2015

Pope Francis Rejects 1,500 Years of Catholic Anti-Zionism

A fundamental reversal.

Pope Francis, in an October address, declared not only that the “state of Israel has every right to exist in safety and prosperity” but that anti-Zionism is a form of anti-Semitism. In doing so, writes Kevin Madigan, he has reversed a longstanding tradition of Catholic opposition to Jewish statehood:

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