Vatican cardinal: Jews too ‘emotional’ over Good Friday prayer
10/4/08
Jews reacted irrationally and emotionally to a prayer that many regarded as a call for their conversion, a Vatican cardinal said on Wednesday, assuring them the Church’s policy of respect had not changed. Cardinal Walter Kasper, in charge of relations with Jews, said the prayer used by an “extremely small” number of traditionalists on Good Friday simply expressed the Catholic view that Christ is the savior of all humankind. It was not a step backwards in the Church’s respect for Jews, he said, although he acknowledged the controversy was a sign of how difficult the interfaith dialogue can sometimes be.
See: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/973427.html
Tags: Christianity, Israel