Pope Leo XIV reiterated the Catholic Church’s commitment to fighting anti-Semitism on Wednesday as he referred to the 60th anniversary of ‘Nostra aetate’, the Second Vatican Council’s Declaration on Interreligious Dialogue, during his weekly general audience in Saint Peter’s Square.
He said that this declaration “deplores hatred, persecutions and all manifestations of anti-Semitism directed against Jews in any time and by anyone.
“Since then all my predecessors have condemned anti-Semitism in clear words,” the American pontiff continued.
“And so I too confirm that the Church does not tolerate anti-Semitism and fights it, because of the Gospel itself.
“Today we can look at all that has been accomplished in Jewish-Catholic dialogue with gratitude.”