Catholic Voices for Israel: Charter
This charter sets out the purpose, scope, and principles of Catholic Voices for Israel. In a moment when distorted appeals to Catholic teaching are shaping public debate about Israel, this document articulates a clear and faithful framework for Catholic reflection on the Jewish people, the land of Israel, and the modern State. It defines the aims of the initiati...
Catholic Voices for Israel: Invitation
Many people today encounter claims about Israel that present themselves as Catholic but often distort the Church’s teaching. Catholic Voices for Israel seeks to gather Catholics committed to offering a clear, charitable, and faithful response articulating the positive role of the people, land, and State of Israel in Catholic thought.
Matt Fradd's 'Catechism' on Christian Zionism: A Point-by-Point Response
Matt Fradd recently claimed that Catholic teaching clearly condemns Christian Zionism — and packaged that claim as a "catechism." But in doing so he committed a basic error: presenting a contested theological opinion as settled Church teaching. This point-by-point refutation exposes the loaded questions, false dilemmas, selective citations, and supersessionist assumptions that run through his argument...
Matt Fradd Distorts Christian Zionism and Catholic Teaching on Israel
Matt Fradd claims to lay out "the Catholic position" on Christian Zionism. The problem? He gets it wrong. The Church does not teach what he says it teaches. Church Fathers, papal preachers, Benedict XVI, John Paul II, even a key editor of the Catechism all contradict him. Here's the evidence.
A Crisis of Faith: The Christian Debate over Jews, Covenant, and Israel
Something strange has been happening in certain corners of the Christian world. Traditional Catholics and many other Christian voices are increasingly claiming that today’s Jews are not really the Jews, that the State of Israel has no significance, and that Christian Zionism is a heresy. As Jews return to their land, some Christians are reshaping theology to deny that reality, revea...
A Good Friday Prayer for Catholic Antisemites, Supersessionists, and Anti-Zionists
Let us pray for the perfidious Catholic antisemites, supersessionists, and anti-Zionists: that Almighty God may remove the veil from their hearts...
A Catholic Priest Misrepresents Christian Zionism
A recent article in America Magazine by Fr. David Neuhaus claims to expose the “flaws” of Christian Zionism—but does it accurately represent what Christian Zionists actually believe? This response argues that Neuhaus relies on sweeping generalizations, historical omissions, and theological mischaracterizations that obscure both the diversi...
Carrie Prejean Boller and “Catholics for Catholics” Do Not Speak for Catholics on Zionism
When Carrie Prejean Boller declared that 'Catholics do not embrace Zionism,' she was voicing a position that 'Catholics for Catholics' has since given theological muscle — and that is spreading rapidly on social media. In this article and video, André Villeneuve offers ten reasons why neither Prejean Boller nor CfC speak for Catholics on Zionism, Israel,...
