Pope Francis condemns ‘terrible increase in attacks against Jews’ worldwide

Pope Francis attends his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
Pope Francis attends his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Pope Francis condemns the “terrible increase in attacks against Jews around the world” and the rise in antisemitism since October 7.

“We, Catholics, are very concerned about the terrible increase in attacks against Jews around the world,” the pope writes in a letter addressed to “My Jewish brothers and sisters in Israel” and made public by the Vatican.

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