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    VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
    SALA STAMPA DELLA SANTA SEDE - OFICINA DE PRENSA DE LA SANTA SEDE
    BUREAU DE PRESSE DU SAINT- SIÈGE - PRESSEAMT DES HEILIGEN STUHLS
    HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE
    10.19.2004
    Fourteenth Year  - N.177


    COMMISSION FOR RELIGIOUS RELATIONS WITH JEWS MARKS 30 YEARS

    VATICAN CITY, OCT 19, 2004 (VIS) - Delegations of the Chief Rabbinate of
    Israel, led by Rabbi Shar Yishuv Cohen and the Holy See's Commission for
    Religious Relations with Jews, headed by Cardinal Jorge Mejia, started three
    days of meetings and dialogue on October 17 in Grottaferrata, Italy.
    Participants have been discussing the theme, "A Common Vision of Social
    Justice and Ethical Behavior."

    The following statement to the press was issued today after the meeting:

    "1. We are not enemies, but unequivocal partners in articulating the
    essential moral values for the survival and welfare of human society.

    "2. Jerusalem has a sacred character for all the children of Abraham. We
    call on all relevant authorities to respect this character and to prevent
    actions which offend the sensibilities of religious communities that reside
    in Jerusalem and hold her dear.

    "3. We call on religious authorities to protest publicly when actions of
    disrespect towards religious persons, symbols and Holy Sites are committed,
    such as the desecration of cemeteries and the recent assaults on the
    Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem. We call on them to educate their
    communities to behave with respect and dignity towards peoples and towards
    their attachment to their faith."

    According to a communique published yesterday afternoon, Cardinal Walter
    Kasper, president of the Commission for Religious Relations with Jews and
    Riccardo Segni, chief rabbi of Rome, will analyze the state of
    Jewish-Catholic dialogue during the first session today at 6 p.m. of a
    seminar on Catholic-Jewish dialogue that has been organized by the
    Pontifical Gregorian University.

    Pope Paul VI established the Commission for Religious Relations with Jews
    on October 22, 1974. In commemoration of that event. Cardinal Kasper,
    accompanied by Cardinal Mejia and a delegation of the commission, will
    visit Rome's synagogue on Friday October 22 during which the Jewish
    community will gather for the celebration of Shabbat.
    .../JEWISH CATHOLIC DIALOGUE/KASPER:MEJIAVIS 041019 (330)

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