Deepening the Jewish-Catholic dialogue

(Vatican Radio) Rome’s chief rabbi, Riccardo Di Segni, joins Catholic bishops and others at the Pontifical Lateran University on Thursday to mark the annual day of Catholic-Jewish dialogue. Held every year just ahead of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, this initiative is celebrated in a number of European countries as a moment to reflect on the Jewish roots of our Christian faith. Three years ago, on this same date, Pope Benedict made a historic visit to Rome’s synagogue, following in the footsteps of his predecessor, John Paul II, who first described the Jewish people as ‘our elder brothers and sisters’ in the faith.
Fr Norbert Hofmann is Secretary of the Vatican’s Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews. He told Philippa Hitchen more about the origins of this annual observance and about the current state of Jewish-Catholic dialogue…..

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