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AJC welcomes pontiff’s appeal for friendship

By JPOST.COM STAFF

NOVEMBER 26, 2013 23:16

The American Jewish Committee on Tuesday expressed "warm appreciation" for the affirmation by Pope Francis of the unique Catholic-Jewish relationship, in his apostolic exhortation.

“His emphasis on the ongoing Divine Presence in the life of the Jewish people and on the importance of the ‘values of Judaism’ for Christians is particularly significant in further advancing the historic transformation in the Catholic Church’s approach towards the Jewish people,” said Rabbi David Rosen, AJC’s international director of interreligious affairs, who has met with Pope Francis four times since he became pontiff.

The pope praised the current state of Catholic-Jewish relations while bemoaning the treatment of Jews in the past.

“The friendship which has grown between us makes us bitterly and sincerely regret the terrible persecutions which they have endured, and continue to endure, especially those that have involved Christians,” Francis wrote.

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