Vatican - Pope Addresses Leaders Of AJC

(6 Feb 1995) T/I: 10:45:39

Pope John Paul II on Monday (6/2) called on Christians, Jews and
Moslems to unite in bringing peace to the Holy Land. The pope also
touched on the Nazi Holocaust saying its memory should serve to
bring Jews and Roman Catholics closer together. The Pope was
addressing leaders of the influential American Jewish Committee
(AJC) in a Vatican speech to mark the 50th anniversary of the
liberation of Auschwitz death camp in his native Poland, and the
30th anniversary of a major Vatican document which repudiated the
idea of collective Jewish guilt for Christ's death.


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VATICAN / ITALY 6/2

VATICAN CITY
Cu Pope welcoming AJC delegation.
Pope says we can look back with gratitude on the advancement in
relations between Jews and Catholics, and can look towards the
future with confidence and hope.
ws room
cu Pope, saying we cannot fail to remember the horrors of the
Holocaust
Pope shaking hands with Rabbi James Rudin of AJC. To Rubin's left
is AJC president Robert Rifkind.
Richard Burkman of the AJC presents Pope with gift

ROME, ITALY

exterior Excelsior Hotel
ws interior room.
Speaking on Podium is AJC pres Robert Rifkind. To his right is
Burkman, to his left is Rabbi Rudin.
cutaway crowd
cu Rifkind speaking at podium: "Frankly, I'd be happy to have an
encyclical that condemns anti-Semitism permanently, now and
forever, for nearly a billion Catholics. I'll take it in any form
it comes. It's a very important turning point if one thinks about
the history of the Church and the Jews."
cutaway crowd with Rifkind speaking underneath
cu Rifkind speaking: "I think the Pope has been quite excellent
and quite commendable in his condemnation of anti-Semitism. It's
one of the things he's been remarkably forceful about. We asked
him to reduce this to an encyclical so that it would become a
permanent piece of the Church's teachings. And that's something
we're quite pleased about."

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