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Article: Pope's Use of Latin Mass 'Not a Call on Jews to Convert' Jews Worry That Obama is Another Jimmy Carter.
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- April 2, 2008
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By Ha'aretz
The Vatican is expected to issue a statement next week in which the Catholic Church will make it clear that the resumption of the use of an old Latin prayer by Pope Benedict XVI during mass on Easter Sunday last month is not an attempt to call on Jews to convert, or a sign that the church intends to initiate missionary efforts among Jews.
The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, which concluded in 1965, decided that the Jews should not be blamed for killing of Christ and initiated prayers in local languages, rather than the Latin that was customary until then.
About a year and a half ago, Benedict XVI announced that Catholic communities could ...
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