CATHOLIC-JEWISH AGREEMENT

[HagiaSophia]

Excerpt from Recent statement from The 18th International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee Meeting as reported by Zenit

Buenos Aires, July 5-8, 2004

"As we approach the 40th anniversary of “Nostra Aetate” – the ground-breaking declaration of the Second Vatican Council which repudiated the deicide charge against Jews, reaffirmed the Jewish roots of Christianity and rejected anti-Semitism – we take note of the many positive changes within the Catholic Church with respect to her relationship with the Jewish People. These past forty years of our fraternal dialogue stand in stark contrast to almost two millennia of a “teaching of contempt” and all its painful consequences. We draw encouragement from the fruits of our collective strivings which include the recognition of the unique and unbroken covenantal relationship between God and the Jewish People and the total rejection of anti-Semitism in all its forms, including anti-Zionism as a more recent manifestation of anti-Semitism.

For its part, the Jewish community has evinced a growing willingness to engage in interreligious dialogue and joint action regarding religious, social and communal issues on the local, national and international levels, as exemplified in the new direct dialogue between the Chief Rabbinate in Israel and the Holy See. Further, the Jewish community has made strides in educational programming about Christianity, the elimination of prejudice and the importance of Jewish-Christian dialogue. Additionally, the Jewish community has become aware of, and deplores, the phenomenon of anti-Catholicism in all its forms, manifesting itself in society at large…"

zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=56781

 

[Salvo]

HagiaSophia:

Additionally, the Jewish community has become aware of, and deplores, the phenomenon of anti-Catholicism in all its forms, manifesting itself in society at large…"

Hmmm. First I’ve heard of this. Maybe they should contact the Jewish editor-in-chief at the Boston globe and inform him.

It’s obvious this “agreement” was not written in the US.

 

[HagiaSophia]

Salvo:

It’s obvious this “agreement” was not written in the US.

My understanding is that they meet in a different city each year, and this was a first for Buenos Aires.

I thought it interesting on several counts: one of which is the reference to an “unbroken Old Covenant” which is something I thought the French cardinal said sometime back which brought about a few headlines at the time.

 

[Antonio_B]

Salvo:

Hmmm. First I’ve heard of this. Maybe they should contact the Jewish editor-in-chief at the Boston globe and inform him.

It’s obvious this “agreement” was not written in the US.

Would you care to “elaborate” on the meaning of your statement?

Antonio

 

[Salvo]

Antonio B:

Would you care to “elaborate” on the meaning of your statement?

Antonio

I’m not trying to perpetrate any “Jews control the media” myth. But the editor-in-chief of the Boston Globe is Jewish and has been accused of reporting disporpotionately on the paedophilia scandal in the church as opposed to other news, particularly any paedophilia scandals gong on in say…Judaism. If you do a quick yahoo search with the words “rabbi” and “molestation” and see if that’s not at least as newsworthy as what you have been hearing in the media.

This article unfortunately comes from an anti-Jewish website, but the cases are taken directly from the clergy abuse awareness center.