"La Chiesa… trae nutrimento dalla radice di quell’olivo buono sul quale sono stati innestati i rami dell’olivo selvatico, che sono i Gentili." (Nostra Aetate 4)
Questa sezione presenta articoli che esaminano le relazioni ebraico‑cristiane contemporanee alla luce del legame permanente che unisce la Chiesa al popolo ebraico. I temi includono l’insegnamento dei papi sul giudaismo e su Israele, i discorsi e i gesti ufficiali verso le comunità ebraiche e i pellegrinaggi papali in Terra Santa
On March 9, 2009, the Central Committee of German Catholics released a heretical document entitled Nein zur Judenmission - Ja zum Dialog zwischen Juden und Christen ("No to Jewish mission - Yes to dialogue between Jews and Christians"). This document claims: "We emphasize, with the Church of the Second Vatican Council, that God's covenant with the Jewish people represents a way of salvation to God - also without recognition of Jesus Christ and without the sacrament of Baptism". German philosoper Robert Spaemann responds to the document's claims (in German).
Il Papa agli esponenti delle maggiori Organizzazioni ebraiche americane - Pubblichiamo di seguito il discorso pronunciato da Benedetto XVI nel ricevere questo giovedì in udienza una delegazione della "Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations”.
Pope Benedict XVI said any minimization of the Holocaust was unacceptable, especially for a priest, as he met with Jewish leaders in hopes of ending the rancor over a bishop who denied 6 million Jews were killed by the Nazis.
Leggi tutto: Pope Benedict XVI: Holocaust Denial Unacceptable
A seguito delle reazioni suscitate dal recente Decreto della Congregazione per i Vescovi, con cui si rimette la scomunica ai quattro presuli della Fraternità San Pio X, e in relazione alle dichiarazioni negazioniste o riduzioniste della Shoah da parte del vescovo Williamson della medesima Fraternità, si ritiene opportuno chiarire alcuni aspetti della vicenda.
More than any other pope, John Paul II was the twentieth century’s greatest papal friend and supporter of the Jewish people. Indeed, John Paul II’s extraordinary relationship with the Jews was an important chapter in the historic legacy of his pontificate, which has had profound implications for Catholic-Jewish relations in our time.
KRAKOW, Poland, MAY 28, 2006 - Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered when visiting the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, the last stage of his apostolic trip to Poland.
The Jewish-Christian relationship has, throughout its history, been a turbulent one. Recognizing the growing degree of acceptance and tolerance on the part of Christians towards Jews, leaders of the Jewish community felt that these positive changes deserved a public and considered response. Published in 2000, Dabru Emet sought to put on public record the most current Jewish perspectives on Christianity.
Leggi tutto: Dabru Emet: A Jewish Statement on Christians and Christianity
