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Published by Reuters News Agency (UK)
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Tuesday, 12 February 2008 |
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Conservative rabbis
"dismayed" over Catholic prayer
“An assembly representing Conservative rabbis worldwide
expressed dismay on Tuesday over a revised Roman Catholic prayer calling for
the conversion of Jews and voted to ask the Vatican to clarify the text's
meaning.
The Rabbinical Assembly, which represents 1,600
Conservative rabbis worldwide, said it was "dismayed and deeply disturbed
to learn of reports that Pope Benedict XVI has revised the 1962 text of the
Latin Mass, retaining the rubric, 'For the conversion of the Jews.'"
In a resolution approved after an hour of debate over
two days, the group praised improved Jewish-Catholic relations over the past 40
years and agreed to "seek clarification from the Vatican of the meaning
and status of the new text for the Latin Mass which will be heard in Catholic
Churches on Good Friday."...
... The pope had agreed not to use the traditional
Latin prayer because of its references to Jews' "blindness" over
Christ and other language considered offensive. The new prayer released last week,
however, included a reference asking God to help Jews "acknowledge Jesus
Christ as the savior."
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