VATICAN, Dec. 20. 00 (CWNews.com) - At a day-long symposium on how Pope John XXIII changed Christian-Jewish relations, Cardinal Roger Etchegaray commented that those relations are still «fragile» today, and the specter of anti-Semitism has not been eliminated.
Cardinal Etchegaray, the chairman of the committee coordinating the Jubilee, opened the proceedings at the symposium, which is co-sponsored by the Israeli ambassador to the Holy See and the University of Bologna.
The cardinal said that the «repeated and vigorous efforts» of Popes Paul VI and John Paul II have helped to advance the initiatives originally undertaken by Pope John XXIII, expanding the Christian-Jewish dialogue. The goal of this dialogue, he continued, is to help Christians and Jews alike share a better appreciation of their «common origins.»
«In a world that proclaims the total subjectivity of moral principles, and finds itself unable to curb violence and hatred, all the sons of Abraham must bear bold witness to the absolute power of God,» the cardinal said.
Catholic World News Service - Vatican Update
20. desember 2000