St John Paul II smiles during a 1980 visit to Paris in this file photo. Photo: OSV News/Giancarlo Giuliani, CPP St John Paul II’s example as a strong bridge-builder between Catholicism and Judaism should be used against enduring antisemitism, especially in the wake of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel that killed 1,200 people, according to a theologian and papal biographer George Weigel. He gave a keynote address to 230 people closing a…
