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Vatican Radio - This week members of the International Council of Christians and Jews have been meeting to discuss “The 50th Anniversary of Nostra Aetate: The Past, Present, and Future of the...
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Vatican Radio - In October the Catholic Church will officially mark the 50th anniversary of a document that has profoundly changed its understanding of other religious faiths. On October 28th 1965...
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Vanessa Gera for AP/Crux -As a Catholic Pole, Elka shouldn’t even have been in the ghetto of Czestochowa, in southern Poland. But the nanny was so devoted to the 12-year-old Jewish boy she had raised...
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James Rudin for RNS -My rabbinic colleague, David Saperstein, the U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, issued a “glass half full” report earlier this month, noting that “…...
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Massimo Faggioli in Religion and Ethics -This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the conclusion of Vatican II, and also of the promulgation of Nostra Aetate, the Declaration on the Relation of the...
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The legendary Franz Cardinal König was the longest-serving cardinal (approximately 45 years and 3 months) at the time of his passing in 2004. He it was who ordained Christoph Schönborn into the...
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The Catholic Herald -The bishops of England and Wales have appealed to Rome to change the Good Friday prayer for Jews as it is said in the Extraordinary Form.The prayer reads: “Let us also pray for...
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Lauren Markoe, for Religion News Service:Orthodox rabbis’ statement calls Christianity part of God’s plan(RNS) A statement by a group of Orthodox rabbis calls Christianity part of a divine plan in...
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Philip Pullella, for Reuters:Catholics should not try to convert Jews, Vatican saysCatholics should not try to convert Jews and should work with them to fight anti-Semitism, the Vatican said on...
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From John Allen in Crux -Fifty years after the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) produced a groundbreaking document on Jewish/Catholic relations titled Nostrae Aetate, the Vatican released a new text...
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Gerard O'Connell, for America Magazine:Rabbi Rosen Proposes that Pope Francis Makes New Peace Initiative for Holy LandRabbi David Rosen has proposed that Pope Francis should make another initiative...
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Rome Reports - The relationship between Catholics and Jews hasn't always been strong, to say the least. But during a press conference held at the Vatican, leaders from both faiths reflected on the...
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From Vatican Radio:Jews and Catholics must implement new interfaith partnershipThe new Vatican document on the Catholic Church’s changed relationship with the Jewish world will only be effective if it...
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MarkSilk for RNS -Fifty years ago, the Second Vatican Council effected the most important repair of Jewish-Christian relations since the two sides parted ways in antiquity. Pope John XXIII had laid...
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Jeffrey Salkin for RNS -Oh, how I like this Pope.I like Pope Francis because of his open-minded attitude towards the Church and the world.I also like him because of the deep relationships that he has...
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This is an appropriate moment to recall Joseph Ratzinger's encounters with the Jewish Faith - the 50th Anniversary of Nostra AetateDistinguished Jewish Authorities, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Brothers...
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Many thanks, Benodette, for this reminiscence of Padre Benedetto's memorable encounters with our Jewish brethren. He has always written so movingly about the need for the Church to fight...
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Judith Sudilovsky, for Catholic News Service:In Israeli cities, Jews show an increase in interest in ChristmasJERUSALEM (CNS) -- On Christmas Eve, the entrance to the West Jerusalem YMCA was decked...
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Shallé McDonald, for JNS.org (Jewish News and Israel News):Reflecting on the Vatican’s Jewish-Catholic relations ‘Reflection’Following the Vatican’s recent release of its latest document on...
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ANDREA TORNIELLI in La Stampa/Vatican Insider -Pope Francis is the first Pope in the Roman Catholic Church to have published a book containing lengthy conversations with a rabbi, before his election....
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