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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In a letter addressed to “my Jewish brothers and sisters in Israel,” Pope Francis expressed his heartbreak at the violence unleashed by the Hamas attack on Israel in October and he repeated the Catholic Church’s condemnation of all forms of antisemitism and anti-Judaism.
“The path that the Church has walked with you, the ancient people of the covenant, rejects every form of anti-Judaism and anti-Semitism, unequivocally condemning manifestations of hatred toward Jews and Judaism as a sin against God,” said the letter dated Feb. 2 and released by the Vatican the next day.
Pope Francis had met privately Feb. 2 with Raphael Schutz, Israel’s ambassador to the Holy See. His letter did not mention the meeting but spoke of “the numerous communications that have been sent to me by various friends and Jewish organizations from all over the world” and “your own letter, which I greatly appreciate.”
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“The path that the Church has walked with you, the ancient people of the covenant, rejects every form of anti-Judaism and anti-Semitism, unequivocally condemning manifestations of hatred toward Jews and Judaism as a sin against God,” said the letter dated Feb. 2 and released by the Vatican the next day.
Pope Francis had met privately Feb. 2 with Raphael Schutz, Israel’s ambassador to the Holy See. His letter did not mention the meeting but spoke of “the numerous communications that have been sent to me by various friends and Jewish organizations from all over the world” and “your own letter, which I greatly appreciate.”
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Pope Francis denounces hate, condemns antisemitism as a sin
In a letter addressed to "my Jewish brothers and sisters in Israel," Pope Francis reaffirms the Church's condemnation of antisemitism:
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