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Still, the momentous visit 24 years ago, during which John Paul referred to Jews as Christians' "older brothers," could never fully erase that history. And indeed, when John Paul's successor, Benedict XVI, crosses the Tiber River on Sunday to visit that same synagogue, he will be dogged by a...
One of Italy's leading rabbis, Giuseppe Laras, said he would boycott the service, citing a number of sore points with the Pope, most notably his decision to reactivate Pius XII's sainthood dossier, which Benedict himself had put on hold three years ago to await more historical study. "The...
Some Jewish leaders, however, are not as upset about Benedict's synagogue visit. Riccardo Di Segni, who took over as Rome's chief rabbi in 2001, has not always seen eye to eye with Benedict. He cancelled a Catholic-Jewish meeting last year after the Pope's decision to allow...
In an attempt to transform the title of the weekend into "something that is hopefully more fun, exciting, and enticing," the Undergraduate Admissions Council e-mailed its members asking for new name ideas. They have until Jan. 24 to respond, which will give the council a week to poll the...
The University has clashed with federal regulators in the past—especially Senator Charles E. Grassley, who has investigated Harvard’s ties to pharmaceutical companies and applauded the IRS’s decision in 2008 to examine U.S. colleges' and universities’ use of their tax...