"... blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And so all Israel will be saved... Concerning the Gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are beloved for the sake of the fathers. For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable." (Rom 11:25-29)
Articles on the theological relationship between Israel and the Church, the Church’s understanding of God’s covenant faithfulness, and the role of Israel in the unfolding plan of salvation.
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 initiative, the limits of its mandate, and the principles that guide its work.
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 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.
Read more: Matt Fradd's 'Catechism' on Christian Zionism: A Point-by-Point Response
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.
Read more: Matt Fradd Distorts Christian Zionism and Catholic Teaching on Israel
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, and God's irrevocable covenant with the Jewish people.
Read more: Carrie Prejean Boller and “Catholics for Catholics” Do Not Speak for Catholics on Zionism
The Church Fathers are often remembered for their hostility toward Judaism. What is less well known is that nearly all of them also expected the Jewish people to be restored — returned not only to faith but, in the expectation of some, to their ancestral land. This article traces that overlooked tradition across more than a millennium of Christian thought.
The Catholic Church recognizes Israel under international law. But does God? Antoine Lévy, OP, takes a deceptively simple question and follows it into the contested terrain where Catholic doctrine, Jewish theology, and two thousand years of supersessionism collide.
At a recent congressional hearing on antisemitism, Carrie Prejean Boller declared that “Catholics do not embrace Zionism,” a line soon echoed by a statement from “Catholics for Catholics” claiming to explain “the Catholic view on Zionism and the 1948 State of Israel.” Neither Prejean Boller nor “Catholics for Catholics” speaks for the Church on this question. Here’s why.
Has God rejected his people? Supersessionists claim that God's promises to Israel were "fulfilled" — and therefore abolished — by the coming of Christ. The New Testament itself tells a different story. Here is a compilation of NT verses affirming that God's covenant with Israel remains intact.
Read more: Not Abolished: God's Unbroken Promises to Israel in the New Testament
Who is the true Father of Zionism — Theodor Herzl, or God himself? Long before the nineteenth century, God declared Zion his eternal dwelling and promised to return his people there. Here is the complete biblical witness — 177 occurrences of "Zion" across the entire canon of Scripture.
Who is the Israel of God? It’s one of the most explosive questions in Christian theology — and the answer isn’t what most people think. This article traces the interpretation of Galatians 6:16 from Paul to the Church Fathers to the modern Magisterium, exposing how a single verse became a battleground for identity, covenant, and the future of Israel.
