Pope Commits to Advancing Catholic-Jewish Dialogue

[Ave Maria]

Commemorates 40th Anniversary of "Nostra Aetate"

VATICAN CITY, OCT. 28, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI appealed for greater friendship and collaboration between Jews and Christians, and committed his pontificate to work toward that goal.

http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=79105

 

[Chosen One]

Friendship- yeah.... The Jews telll us what we did/do wrong and criticize our every attempt to help them. Are they going to say thank you this time?

 

[MaryS]

Friendship- yeah.... The Jews telll us what we did/do wrong and criticize our every attempt to help them. Are they going to say thank you this time?

That's a very generalized statement. I'm aware that the Anti-Defamation League puts out some controversial things, but I don't know any Jews that listen to the ADL because they are so far in left field. The ADL even stood up for SpongeBob SquarePants.

There are some Jewish groups that are quite angry with some of the leaders of the ADL, especially Abe Foxman. Foxman is trying to downplay the importance of Aliyah (a term they use for emmigration or visitation to Israel).
Also, found this about Foxman:

http://www.jdo.org/fox.htm
(excerpt:
The ADL's national director won a pardon from President Clinton for fugitive financier Marc Rich in 2001, while letting Jewish hero Jonathan Pollard rot in jail.

I never hear of Pollard but, according to wikipedia -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Pollard
(excerpt:
Jonathan Jay Pollard (born August 7, 1954) is a former United States Navy intelligence officer who pled guilty and was convicted on one count of spying for an ally (Israel), and in 1986 received a life sentence with a recommendation against parole.

 

[MaryS]

more from the article:
After his pardon was granted the infamous Rich, who had long done business with Saddam Hussein and other sponsors of terrorism, promptly began to manipulate the U.N.'s oil-for-food program to funnel millions of dollars in kickbacks to Saddam--at a time when the Iraqi dictator was using such funds to make payments to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers. Some of this money may also have been used to buy weapons with which Iraqi insurgents are today killing and maiming U.S. troops.

 

[MaryS]

http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=79105 http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=79105

"The Jewish-Christian dialogue must continue to enrich and deepen the bonds of friendship which have developed, while preaching and catechesis must be committed to ensuring that our mutual relations are presented in the light of the principles set forth by the council," wrote the Pope.

 

[Sphere]

Friendship- yeah.... The Jews telll us what we did/do wrong and criticize our every attempt to help them. Are they going to say thank you this time?

Lets try not to paint with such a broad brush.

 

[Heiroglyph]

Is it the catholic position that Jesus was lying when he said the only way to the father was through him? Because the Catholics namely the last two popes have been acting as if Jews are going to heaven even though they reject Christ. The old testament doesn't really mention much about going to heaven anyway and that whole concept seemed to be introduced by Jesus. So no Jesus, no Heaven.