https://freerepublic.com/tag/popeisrael/ en-us Thu, 9 Apr 2026 18:11:38 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4374257/posts ...It is worth recalling St. Paul’s words that “there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:28). Thus, the Church is truly universal and eternal and favors no state or nation over another out of principle... I recall visiting Rome’s Great Synagogue... The synagogue’s museum exhibit details the two-thousand-year history of the Eternal City’s Jewish community; we learn, for instance, that it was not Hitler nor Mussolini but Pope Paul IV who established Rome’s first ghetto. Yet the exhibit features... Crisis Magazine https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4374257/posts#comment Thu, 9 Apr 2026 18:11:38 GMT