Moving Jewish-Catholic relations forward doesn’t require smoothing away every theological difference. But friendship requires understanding what our words sound like in the ears of the person across from us.

In recent months, a strange pattern has appeared online. Under posts about Jews, Israel, or antisemitic conspiracy theories, the same phrase repeatedly shows up in the comment section or on social media profiles: “Christ is King.” Sometimes it appears dozens of times in a row, posted like a digital chant. Sometimes it is dropped into arguments as a provocation. What should be a sacred Christian confession of faith has become, in some corners of the internet, a taunt. Continue reading here....

Christian tradition has always held that those who speak publicly in the name of the faith bear a grave responsibility for the truth of their words.