Rabbis say crisis over, bishops welcome papal letter; critics snipe
March 13, 2009
Following a meeting with a delegation from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and the publication of his letter to the world’s bishops on the lifting of the excommunications of four bishops of the Society of St. Pius X, the head of the rabbinate’s delegation declared that the recent crisis in Catholic-Jewish relations was over. “This was not just another meeting,” said Haifa Chief Rabbi She’ar-Yashuv Cohen. “This was a special experience, a turning point, the end of a crisis. We could not have expected a warmer reception.” As bishops and a L’Osservatore Romano editorial welcomed the letter, critics of Pope Benedict sniped at it.
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Further information:
- Rabbis after pope meeting: Crisis over (Jerusalem Post)
- Prominent rabbi thanks pope for 'clarity' on Holocaust denial (AFP)
- Rosen: From the bitter comes the sweet (Edinburgh Journal)
- Come la lettera ai Galati (L’Osservatore Romano)
- Bishops Welcome Pope's Letter (Vatican Radio)
- Statement from the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales
- Archbishop Nichols commends 'beautiful and humble' letter of Pope Benedict (Independent Catholic News)
- Detroit's Archbishop Responds to Papal Letter on Williamson Quandary (Archdiocese of Detroit)
- Richard Owen: The Papal apology (The Times)
- David Gibson: Pope on the defensive...and it's not pretty (Beliefnet)
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