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Acrimonious dialogue signals historic breakdown as pope accused of “selective indignation”
Jewish-Christian relations are on the brink of a historic breakdown after Rome’s chief rabbi, Dr. Riccardo Di Segni, accused Pope Francis of neglecting persecuted Christians in Islamic countries while directing his “selective indignation” against Israel.
Addressing the 36th Day for Dialogue between Catholics and Jews at the Pontifical Lateran University on January 16, Di Segni warned that the pope’s “omissions, distractions, low-profile, generic citations” against Muslims who persecute Christians “clashes with the systematic and almost daily attention and words of disapproval and condemnation towards Israel.”
Pope Ignores Persecuted Christians
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Rome’s Chief Rabbi Blames Pope Francis for Historic Rupture in Jewish-Catholic Relations - The Stream
Jewish-Christian relations are on the brink of a historic breakdown after Rome’s chief rabbi, Dr. Riccardo Di Segni, accused Pope Francis of neglecting persecuted Christians in Islamic countries while directing his “selective indignation” against Israel. Addressing the 36th Day for...