Sunday, July 08, 2007

In Rome: One step forward, two steps back . . .

From AOL news -

Pope Angers Jews, Liberals With Rite
Conservatives Rejoice as Pontiff Revives Old Latin Mass

By NICOLE WINFIELD,AP
Posted: 2007-07-07 23:16:06

From the report:

The document upset Jews, since the Tridentine rite contains a prayer on Good Friday of Easter Week calling for their conversion. The Anti-Defamation League called the move a "body blow to Catholic-Jewish relations," the Jewish news agency JTA reported.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center urged Benedict to publicly point out that such phrases "are now entirely contrary to the teaching of the church."


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