Italy's Jews: Pope Benedict negating 50 years of interfaith progress - Haaretz - Israel News: "Italy's Jews: Pope Benedict negating 50 years of interfaith progress
By The Associated Press
Tags: israel news, vatican
Italy's rabbis said Tuesday they were pulling out of the Italian Catholic Church's annual celebration of Judaism, saying recent decisions by Pope Benedict XVI were negating 50 years of interfaith progress.
The chief rabbi of Venice, Elia Enrico Richetti, cited the pope's decision to restore a prayer deemed offensive to Jews in Easter Week services of the old Latin Mass.
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Monday, January 19, 2009
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