The Association of Hebrew Catholics was founded by Carmelite priest Father Elias Friedman, OCD, a Jewish convert to Catholicism who lived at Stella Maris Monastery on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel.

The island of Majorca’s secret Jewish community, known as the Xuetas, were forced to convert to Catholicism during the Spanish Inquisition— but continued to practice Judaism in secret.

A group of U.S. Catholic bishops has tried to clarify the Church’s position on how it relates to the Jewish community. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement June 18 ...

By contrast, there were about 200,000 Jewish people living in what is now Spain, an estimate that may be low, since tens of thousands of Jewish people had converted to Catholicism over the ...

Actor Shia LaBeouf, known for his off-screen troubles as well as his film roles, has converted to Catholicism after being confirmed on New Year’s Eve at a Mass presided over by Capuchin ...

The Association of Hebrew Catholics celebrated its official launch with a Mass on Aug. 8, the eve of the feast of its patron, St. Edith Stein, who was a Jewish convert to Catholicism.