We had a great discussion today with @mtapie.bsky.social about his award-winning book, ranging from the history of the Mortara case, to sacramental theology, canon law, and contemporary Jewish-Christian relations!

Join us online on July 15 at 12:30pm EDT for the JCTE Book Forum featuring Matthew Tapie @mtapie.bsky.social (Saint Leo University) who will discuss his latest book "The Mortara Case and Thomas Aquinas’s Defense of Jewish Parental Authority" Register here: providence.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

I am grateful to Nathaniel Peters for his in-depth review of my book, The Mortara Case and Thomas Aquinas’s Defense of Jewish Parental Authority (The Catholic University of America Press, 2025). www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2026/03/1005...

Today I received copies of my new book, which I have been working on for the last seven years. Many colleagues, friends, and institutions provided assistance along the way. For those interested, you can read more about it here: www.cuapress.org/978081323874...

"The root of modern totalitarianism is to be found in the denial of the transcendent dignity of the human person who, as the visible image of the invisible God, is therefore by his very nature the subject of rights which no one may violate — no individual, group, class, nation or State."

Stations of the Cross for Overcoming Racism www.usccb.org/resources/st...

A full-time visiting faculty position is available at Saint Leo University’s Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies, beginning fall 2025: the Cohn Visiting Chair in Jewish Thought, Assistant Director of the Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies myemail.constantcontact.com/CCJS-Invites...

My forthcoming book on the Mortara Case as it relates to Aquinas’s thought was endorsed by Fr. Serge Bonino, OP. His endorsement is in the comments below. www.cuapress.org/978081323874...

I'm looking forward to joining this important conversation next week. forum2024.nd.edu/events/2025/...

The Challenge of Catholic-Jewish Theological Dialogue, which I co-edited with Alan Brill and Matthew Levering, arrived today. I’m so grateful to the fine scholars who contributed essays, and I hope the volume advances the conversation. www.cuapress.org/978081323898...

Read the CCJS Statement on the U.S. President's Declaration to Transfer Palestinians from Gaza conta.cc/4hQ01Sk

Reviewing the typeset pages of my forthcoming book, The Mortara Case and Thomas Aquinas’s Defense of Jewish Parental Authority.

The intellectual turning point in Augustine’s journey was his attunement to how all creatures relate to God, hearing them say, “We did not make ourselves." Confessions IX.10.25

This quote from one of my undergraduate students shows that our study of Aquinas's modification of Aristotle's account of happiness was fruitful: "God alone constitutes the human person’s happiness...

Looking forward to this program featuring @vjbarnett Unpacking Bonhoeffer’s Legacy Today Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM Online Via Zoom icjs.org/events/unpac...

"Scholars of Jewish-Christian relations, working in a field committed to dialogue and interreligious learning, will benefit greatly from this book." - Adam Gregerman, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA www.cuapress.org/978081323898...

It was an honor to deliver a lecture yesterday at a special conference organized by the Association of Italian Friends of the University of Jerusalem. The meeting was held at the Shoah Memorial in Milan.

Good day to you from Milan, in Stazione Milano Centrale.

The Challenge of Catholic-Jewish Theological Dialogue, edited by myself, Alan Brill, and Matthew Levering, is the first book to engage the thought of Aquinas and Augustine on law in the context of Catholic-Jewish dialogue. Forthcoming from CUA Press.

To my fellow Catholics, please consider sharing this flyer about our Nostra Aetate seminar with your parish priest. Priests and interreligious officers are invited to reflect with the Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies on the significance of Nostra Aetate and its fruits. February 24, 2025 in Tampa.

Today, I’m finishing a lecture I will give next Wednesday at a conference in Milan entitled, "Stolen children, disputed children. Forced baptisms in the modern and contemporary age." My presentation is based on research on the Mortara case from the Vatican Archives.

"God our Father, who called St Frances Xavier Cabrini from Italy to serve the immigrants of America, by her example, teach us to have concern for the stranger, the sick, and all those in need, and by her prayers help us to see Christ in all the men and women we meet." From today’s Divine Office

2025 marks the 60th anniversary of Vatican II’s Nostra Aetate. Catholic priests and interreligious officers are invited to reflect with Saint Leo University’s Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies on the significance of the declaration and its fruits today. Monday, February 24, in sunny Tampa Bay.

I’m happy to announce the forthcoming publication of The Challenge of Catholic-Jewish Theological Dialogue. The book includes 19 essays that facilitate a rigorous exchange between Jewish scholars and Catholic theologians on some of the most difficult questions. www.cuapress.org/978081323898...