The Pope’s message, therefore, is not only a diplomatic gesture but also a moral reset, one that invokes Nostra Aetate, the document that transformed Catholic-Jewish relations nearly 60 years ago.

Vatican II, or the Second Vatican Council, inaugurated a new era in Jewish-Catholic relations in 1965 when it issued a document, Nostra Aetate, repudiating antisemitism and stating that the Jewish ...

Catholic, Protestant ... condemning antisemitism as a sin against God and embodying the principles of Nostra Aetate, a landmark document from the Second Vatican Council that promoted interfaith ...

Francis, who became pope in 2013, frequently met with Jewish leaders in an effort to strengthen relations between the Catholic church and Jewish community. He also often cited Nostra Aetate ...

What followed was a 23-year period of searching for religious truth and life’s meaning, culminating in a dramatic mystical conversion experience that led Moss to embrace the Catholic faith in 1979.

Nostra Aetate would enable greater understanding and shared values between the Catholic Church and Judaism, as well as other non-Christian religions. The Catholic Church could then “annul ...

“There is a crisis in Catholic-Jewish relations because of ... the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council published the historic document “Nostra Aetate” (Our Age), which condemned antisemitism ...

World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder gives Pope Francis the “Kishreinu” (Hebrew for “Our Bond”) document acknowledging the influence of the Catholic Church’s 58-year-old Nostra Aetate ...

Speaking to OSV News Dec. 10, Bishop Bambera said that "Translate Hate: The Catholic Edition" is "one result of that" effort. Rabbi Marans also said the new document's release presages the upcoming ...

The revolution in ties began with a rather brief document issued on October 28, 1965 by more than 1700 Catholic bishops gathered in Rome for the Second Vatican Council — Nostra Aetate.