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In an Oct. 22 meeting with a delegation from the American Jewish Committee, or AJC, the pope recalled the “shared spiritual heritage” of Jews and Catholics that compels people of both faiths “to defend human dignity, serve the poor, protect religious freedom and promote justice and peace.”

“Differences of opinion, however profound, must never give rise to prejudice and hostility, which undermine the moral foundations of society,” he said. 

The pope’s warning comes at a time when Christians in the Holy Land have faced continued attacks from Jewish extremists. Most recently, Christian leaders condemned an attack by Israeli settlers against Palestinians and several European diplomats present in Taybeh, one of the last remaining Christian villages in the West Bank.

(OSV News) — Welcoming U.S. Jewish leaders at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV emphasized the Church’s commitment to fostering friendship between the two faiths and to rejecting all forms of ethnic and religious discrimination. 

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