IJCIC
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Vatican's Jewish Partners Express Deep Regret over Latin Liturgy
NEW YORK, NY, February 5, 2008 -- The International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations expressed its deep regret and disappointment that the new text of the Prayer for the Jews in the Catholic Church's Latin rite, prays for the salvation of the Jews exclusively through the acceptance of Christian Faith.
"We had hoped that the prayer in the Latin rite would be the same as that of the universal Catholic liturgy in use since 1970," declared Rabbi David Rosen, Chair of IJCIC. He added, "This new version for the Latin rite appears to be a regression from the path advanced by the declaration of the second Vatican Council. We urge the Catholic Church to deepen its exploration of the full implications of Nostra Aetate's affirmation of the eternal validity of God's Divine Covenant with the Jewish People."
The International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC) is a coalition of Jewish organizations representing world Jewry to other world religious bodies and is the formal Jewish partner of the Vatican.
IJCIC's member organizations are American Jewish Committee, American Jewish Congress, Anti-Defamation League, B'nai B'rith International, Central Conference of American Rabbis, Israel Jewish Council on Interreligious Relations, Rabbinical Assembly, Rabbinical Council of America, Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations, Union for Reform Judaism, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, World Jewish Congress.
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