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Just as the American Jewish Committee – one of the oldest global Jewish organizations fighting anti-Semitism – questions the unbalanced stance of Pope Francis (“We are very concerned”) because last Sunday at the Angelus prayer he used the term “terrorism” to define the bombings in Gaza, without making a distinction between Hamas's “deliberate acts of violence” on October 7 and the involuntary victims make. Unfortunately, in a “just war,” the Vatican has sent a powerful cardinal to the Holy Land with the task of supporting the local Catholic community as it prepares to celebrate Christmas.
In a statement, the Vatican said the pope, saddened by the “piecemeal Third World War” ravaging the world, has instructed his almoner, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, to take his message “to the areas where the noise of the Weapons prevail.” “Lord, disarm the tongue and the hands, renew the hearts and the minds, so that the word that brings us together will always be “Brother” and become the style of our lives: Shalom, Peace, Salam!”
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However, Pope Francis' nonpartisan stance remains a concern for the Jewish world, which sees many of his interventions as biased or not objective about the situation. “When it comes to Israel’s self-defense and the fight against the barbarism and terror of Hamas, a clear distinction must be made between who caused the war.”
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Meanwhile, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Patriarch of the Holy Land, admitted in an online meeting last night that the war unleashed by Hamas has actually caused a small earthquake in relations between the Catholic world and Judaism. “I want to say that what happened on October 7 is indefensible and must be condemned. It's out of the question. There can be no misunderstandings. There is something terrible in its brutality and intention – he explained – Now our relations with the Jewish religious world are in trouble. In the Jewish world, the leadership, both from the Holy See and from us, perceived a certain coldness, they denied the first statements of the Patriarchs and may have a point. We had to wait a while before publishing our note, but at the time we didn't understand what it was about. The Jewish world perceives a partisanship that, in my opinion, does not exist. Furthermore, the Pope has been very clear in his condemnation of October 7th, even if the Holy See has its own language about what intervenes. Personally, I have made my condemnation very clear. For the church, however, maintaining ties with the Jewish world means being vocal in the fight against anti-Semitism that is exploding across Europe. We have to be clear about that.”
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