Chief Rabbinate cuts ties with Rome
in the Jerusalem Post.
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel broke off official ties with the Vatican indefinitely on Tuesday in protest over the Pope's decision to reinstate a known Holocaust denier.
Jewish world outraged at Pope's decision to reinstate bishop who is a holocaust denier
The Chief Rabbinate also cancelled a meeting scheduled for March 2-4 in Rome with the Holy See's Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews.
In a letter to the commission's chairman, Cardinal Walter Kasper, Chief Rabbinate Director-General Oded Weiner wrote that 'without a public apology and recanting, it will be difficult to continue the dialogue.
See also Rome's Reconciliation
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel broke off official ties with the Vatican indefinitely on Tuesday in protest over the Pope's decision to reinstate a known Holocaust denier.
Jewish world outraged at Pope's decision to reinstate bishop who is a holocaust denier
The Chief Rabbinate also cancelled a meeting scheduled for March 2-4 in Rome with the Holy See's Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews.
In a letter to the commission's chairman, Cardinal Walter Kasper, Chief Rabbinate Director-General Oded Weiner wrote that 'without a public apology and recanting, it will be difficult to continue the dialogue.
See also Rome's Reconciliation
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They denied the divinity of Christ and nobody seems to care so much.
So, why the burst about an historic fact? been true or not is only a matter of personal opinion.
Unless you're the only survivor in your family.
Time to update: "Pope Benedict XVI's strong stand against denying the Holocaust was welcomed Wednesday by the highest Jewish authority in Israeli, which had threatened to sever ties indefinitely with the Vatican. ...
The director general of the Chief Rabbinate, Oded Wiener, later told ANSA that the pope's words were 'a great step forwards in resolving this question'. 'His statements were very important for us and for the whole world,' he added."