The Vatican said it invited leaders of Iraq's 'Jewish community' to a meeting with the Pope on Saturday, despite the fact that Muslims violently purged the Jews from the country decades ago.
I choose to believe that the vast majority of German Catholics are not anti-Semitic and support the right of Jews to live without fear for their safety.
Seeking to improve Catholic-Jewish relations, bishops want the Vatican to revert to another version of the Good Friday prayer which is less offensive to Jews.
Pope Francis reaffirmed Israel’s right to exist at a meeting with Jewish leaders held on the 50th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, a church document which put an end to the Catholic charge of Jewish deicide.