{"id":88353,"date":"2026-11-12T09:32:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T14:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=88353"},"modified":"2026-11-12T09:32:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T14:32:35","slug":"pope-leo-praises-spiritual-bond-uniting-catholic-church-and-people-of-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/pope-leo-praises-spiritual-bond-uniting-catholic-church-and-people-of-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo Praises \u2018Spiritual Bond\u2019 Uniting Catholic Church And People Of Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From<em> The Times of Israel:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static-cdn.toi-media.com\/www\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Pope-Leo-with-interfaith-leaders-e1794422155325-640x400.jpg\" alt=\"Pope Leo XIV with Interfaith leaders at Argentina's foreign ministry, San Martin Palace, in Buenos Aires. (Argentina Foreign Ministry)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV reaffirmed the Catholic Church\u2019s spiritual bond with the people of Israel during an interfaith gathering in Buenos Aires, a statement that drew particular attention from Jewish leaders amid growing antisemitism in Europe and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing the teachings of the Second Vatican Council, I wish to reaffirm the spiritual bond that unites the Church with the people of Israel,\u201d and \u201cour sincere respect for what is holy and true in the different religious traditions,\u201d the Pope said on Monday during a meeting with representatives of various religious communities at San Mart\u00edn Palace, Argentina\u2019s foreign ministry headquarters. The Second Vatican Council, from 1962 to 1965, shaped the church\u2019s strategies for dealing with the modern era.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Times of Israel: Pope Leo XIV reaffirmed the Catholic Church\u2019s spiritual bond with the people of Israel during.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88354,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88353\/revisions\/88354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}