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Jewish/Catholic Links
This is a link to the BEST resource on author Chaim Potok. Potok was a novelist who wrote on religious themes.
"Salvation is from the Jews" by Roy Schoeman. He is a Jewish convert to Catholicism who has a particular view on the role
of Judaism within world religions. You can balance out his view by checking out "For the Sake of Heaven and Earth" by Irving
Greenberg.
PBS's Frontline on Pope John Paul II. Frontline is great stuff.
Nostra Aetate Proclaimed by Pope Paul VI, Oct 28, 1965
Writings
No pontiff has ventured into the Holy Land since Pope Paul VI visited for just 11 hours in 1964. The Vatican
and Israel had no diplomatic ties until 1994, and the two sides were so estranged that Paul VI traveled only to Christian
religious sites, never mentioned Israel by name in public and refused to address the Israeli president at the time, Zalman Shazar, by his title. In 1993, however, John Paul II agreed to the Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and Israel establishing relations between the two states and, in 1997, the Legal Personality Agreement recognizing church officials in Israel.
During his trip, which the Pope called a personal spiritual pilgrimage, he visited the major
Christian religious sites and conducted masses in Korazim, Nazareth and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. He also visited the Western Wall and inserted a letter in a crack that read:
God of our fathers,
You chose Abraham and his descendants
to bring your Name to the
Nations:
we are deeply saddened
by the behaviour of those
who in the course of history
have caused these children
of yours to suffer,
and asking your forgiveness
we wish to commit ourselves to
genuine brotherhood
with the people
of the Covenant.
Jerusalem 26, March 2000
Signed: John Paul II
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