Rabbis may denounce prayer backed by Pope as dangerous to Jewish-Catholic ties
By Reuters
WASHINGTON - Conservative rabbis could vote this week on a resolution warning that a Latin prayer backed by Pope Benedict XVI, urging Jews to embrace Jesus, could endanger Jewish-Catholic ties.
The resolution reflects deep unhappiness over the Pope's decision to revive a Latin prayer, to be heard by a small minority of Catholics during Good Friday services, which says that Jews should recognize Jesus Christ as the savior of all humanity. Advertisement
"We fear that the new Latin text... may cast a harsh shadow over the spirit of mutual respect and collaboration that has marked these past four decades, making it more difficult for Jews to engage constructively in dialogue with Catholics," a draft of the resolution reads.
The draft could go to a vote as early as today, when 400 members of the Conservative Rabbinical Assembly convene in Washington for their annual meeting, assembly officials said. For many Jews, the issue jeopardizes the rapprochement that has been under way since the 1960s, when the Vatican moved to clear Jews of blame in the death of Jesus, and condemned anti-Semitism.
"This appears to be a step backward," said Rabbi Joel H. Meyers, the assembly's executive vice president. Last week, the Vatican announced Pope Benedict had ordered changes to the prayer, deleting a reference to Jews' "blindness" over Jesus and removing a phrase that asked God to "remove the veil from their hearts."
According to an unofficial translation the new prayer says in part: "Let us also pray for the Jews. So that God our Lord enlightens their hearts so that they recognize Jesus Christ savior of all men."
Nonetheless, Cardinal Walter Kasper, the Church's top cardinal on relations with Jews, said the prayer was not a sign that Catholics "are embarking on a mission [to convert Jews]." Rather, "we are giving witness to our faith," he said in an interview last week.
As most of the world's 1.1 billion Catholics hear mass in their local languages, only several hundred thousand traditionalists would hear the Latin prayer on Good Friday.
Économie: Israël distingué
La société FITCH, qui étudie et note entre autres la santé économique et financière des différents pays, vient d'attribuer à Israël la note "A", la meilleure, dans la catégorie des "Économies fiables". Le ministre des Finances, Roni Bar-On s'est félicité de cette décision, déclarant "que le gouvernement poursuivra la voie de la stabilité économique et des réformes". e son côté, le nouveau Trésorier Payeur Général, Shouky Oren, a indiqué que cette distinction "est une marque de confiance qui attirera probablement de nombreux investisseurs"
By Reuters
WASHINGTON - Conservative rabbis could vote this week on a resolution warning that a Latin prayer backed by Pope Benedict XVI, urging Jews to embrace Jesus, could endanger Jewish-Catholic ties.
The resolution reflects deep unhappiness over the Pope's decision to revive a Latin prayer, to be heard by a small minority of Catholics during Good Friday services, which says that Jews should recognize Jesus Christ as the savior of all humanity. Advertisement
"We fear that the new Latin text... may cast a harsh shadow over the spirit of mutual respect and collaboration that has marked these past four decades, making it more difficult for Jews to engage constructively in dialogue with Catholics," a draft of the resolution reads.
The draft could go to a vote as early as today, when 400 members of the Conservative Rabbinical Assembly convene in Washington for their annual meeting, assembly officials said. For many Jews, the issue jeopardizes the rapprochement that has been under way since the 1960s, when the Vatican moved to clear Jews of blame in the death of Jesus, and condemned anti-Semitism.
"This appears to be a step backward," said Rabbi Joel H. Meyers, the assembly's executive vice president. Last week, the Vatican announced Pope Benedict had ordered changes to the prayer, deleting a reference to Jews' "blindness" over Jesus and removing a phrase that asked God to "remove the veil from their hearts."
According to an unofficial translation the new prayer says in part: "Let us also pray for the Jews. So that God our Lord enlightens their hearts so that they recognize Jesus Christ savior of all men."
Nonetheless, Cardinal Walter Kasper, the Church's top cardinal on relations with Jews, said the prayer was not a sign that Catholics "are embarking on a mission [to convert Jews]." Rather, "we are giving witness to our faith," he said in an interview last week.
As most of the world's 1.1 billion Catholics hear mass in their local languages, only several hundred thousand traditionalists would hear the Latin prayer on Good Friday.
Économie: Israël distingué
La société FITCH, qui étudie et note entre autres la santé économique et financière des différents pays, vient d'attribuer à Israël la note "A", la meilleure, dans la catégorie des "Économies fiables". Le ministre des Finances, Roni Bar-On s'est félicité de cette décision, déclarant "que le gouvernement poursuivra la voie de la stabilité économique et des réformes". e son côté, le nouveau Trésorier Payeur Général, Shouky Oren, a indiqué que cette distinction "est une marque de confiance qui attirera probablement de nombreux investisseurs"
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