But since Nostra Aetate was signed, all popes have taken seriously its charge to improve Jewish-Catholic relations. And in 1998 the Vatican apologized for its inaction during the Holocaust.

Nostra Aetate had its roots “in the shame and realizations of Christians after the Holocaust for what has been done to Jews,” according to Rev. Dennis McManus, ...

Nostra Aetate teaches us: 1) to focus on what all people have in common and what can draw us together; 2) that every person has a spark of divinity within them; and 3) to earnestly seek peace.

But in 1965, Nostra Aetate was finally issued. Rabbi David Rosen, interreligious affairs director for the American Jewish Committee, says it was truly a revolutionary document.

Wednesday Oct. 28 marks the 50th anniversary of "Nostra Aetate," a landmark document that ushered in a new era in interreligious relations, especially between Jews and Christians.

On this day in 1965, the Vatican II’s “Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions,” also known as “Nostra Aetate,” was promulgated by the council—despite ...

Nostra Aetate accorded fundamental respect to Judaism, not only as the mother religion of Christianity, but also as an ongoing religious faith. Skip to content ADVERTISE ...

On 50th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, a glass half full (COMMENTARY) (RNS) Today some historians and religious leaders believe Nostra Aetate did not go far enough. I see Nostra Aetate differently.

Though today's university students were not even born when Nostra Aetate, the Vatican Council statement on interreligious relations, was promulgated 50 years ago, they are affected by its contents.

Nostra Aetate changed the Church from as a predatory bully, to a world faith ready to discourse with other world faiths. A TAPESTRY with the image of Pope John XXIII hangs on the facade of St ...

Abstract. Nostra Aetate (In Our Age) was promulgated by the Second Vatican Council on October 28, 1965 and this year’s fiftieth anniversary has witnessed many conferences devoted to celebrating ...

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