Pontiff alters prayer for Jews
From Times Wire Reports
Pope Benedict XVI has ordered changes to a Latin prayer for Jews at Good Friday services by traditionalist Catholics, deleting a reference to their “blindness” over Christ, the Vatican said.
The Vatican newspaper l’Osservatore Romano published the new version, in Latin, of the prayer, which now expresses hope that Jews will recognize Christ.
“The language is better but it’s still troubling,” said Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League in the United States.
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