Catholics, Jews and Muslims for Peace!

(18 Dec 2006 RV) Today in the Vatican, Benedict XVI received 112 members of B'nai B'rith International (in Hebrew, 'Sons of the Covenant'), the world's oldest Jewish volunteer organization, founded in New York in 1843. In greeting them, the Pope recalled how, since the 1965 promulgation of the Vatican Council II Declaration "Nostra Aetate," representatives of B'nai B'rith have visited the Holy See on numerous occasions, in "the spirit of understanding, respect and mutual appreciation which is developing between our communities." Hear More...