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Jewish US novelist writes front-page Gospel commentary for L’Osservatore Romano
May 14, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: The Vatican newspaper has published a front-page commentary by Jonathan Safran Foer on the Gospel reading for the Fifth Sunday of Easter.
Commenting on John 13:31-35, the Jewish American novelist writes:
Jesus’ command seems almost subversive: love one another as I have loved you. This love is neither naive nor ironic. Jesus speaks those words knowing that betrayal is happening in real time. What he offers here is an ethical alternative to the zero-sum logic that drives much of the world today. While political ideologies demand loyalty, vengeance, or purity, Jesus demands something more difficult: a love that remains committed to brokenness.
Last month, L’Osservatore Romano published a tribute to Pope Francis by Safran Foer in the days following the Pontiff’s death.
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