VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Saturday condemned the “terrible increase in attacks against Jews around the world” and the rise in anti-Semitism since the war in Gaza erupted on Oct 7.
“We, Catholics, are very concerned about the terrible increase in attacks against Jews around the world,” the pope wrote in a letter addressed to “My Jewish brothers and sisters in Israel” and made public by the Vatican on Saturday.
The war between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza has produced “divisive attitudes in public opinion worldwide and divisive positions, sometimes taking the form of anti-Semitism and anti-Judaism”, Francis said.
“We had hoped that ‘never again’ would be a refrain heard by the new generations, yet now we see that the path ahead requires ever closer collaboration to eradicate these phenomena,” he said.
