{"id":491,"date":"2008-02-15T15:20:25","date_gmt":"2008-02-15T15:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2008\/02\/rabbis-upset-over-good-friday.php"},"modified":"2008-02-15T15:20:25","modified_gmt":"2008-02-15T15:20:25","slug":"rabbis-upset-over-good-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2008\/02\/rabbis-upset-over-good-friday","title":{"rendered":"Rabbis Upset Over Good Friday Prayers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Rachel Pomerance and Francis X. Rocca<br \/>\nReligion News Service<\/strong><br \/>\nConservative rabbis expressed their &#8220;dismay&#8221; this week over a traditional Good Friday prayer that calls for the conversion of Jews that Pope Benedict XVI revised but left largely intact.<br \/>\nIn a last-minute resolution added to the agenda of the Rabbinical Assembly&#8217;s annual convention in Washington, the Conservative rabbis voted unanimously Tuesday (Feb. 12) to label the pope&#8217;s action a setback in years of improved Jewish-Catholic relations.<br \/>\nThe Good Friday prayer &#8212; used only in the Latin Mass that was revived by the pope last summer &#8212; now includes a plea for God to &#8220;enlighten&#8221; the hearts of Jews, &#8220;that they may acknowledge Jesus Christ as the savior of all men.&#8221;<br \/>\nIn response, the 1,600-member Rabbinical Assembly&#8217;s resolution states that it is &#8220;dismayed and deeply disturbed&#8221; by the revision and will &#8220;seek clarifaction from the Vatican of the meaning and status of the new text for the Latin liturgy.&#8221;<br \/>\nAt the same time, the head of the Vatican&#8217;s Pontifical Council for Culture downplayed tensions with Jewish groups, saying the Good Friday prayer is more an &#8220;expression of affection&#8221; for Christianity&#8217;s roots in the Jewish faith.<br \/>\n&#8220;It is not &#8230; a missionary strategy of conversion&#8221; Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi wrote in a front-page article in Friday&#8217;s (Feb. 15) edition of L&#8217;Osservatore Romano, the official Vatican newspaper. &#8220;&#8230;One wishes a reality that one holds precious and salvific for the persons whom one regards as near, dear and significant.&#8221;<br \/>\nJewish groups are particularly concerned the prayer may hamper 40 years of improved Catholic-Jewish relations, ever since the church acknowledged an existing Jewish covenant with God and largely dropped calls for Jewish conversions.<br \/>\n&#8220;Our relationship with the church is really very good,&#8221; said Rabbi Joel Meyers, executive vice president of the Rabbinical Assembly. &#8220;So it is rather disappointing to find there is a theological issue that comes back in to play at this particular time when so much progress has been made, and although various church authorities are saying, well, it is just a minor matter, it really raises certain theological issues again.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Copyright 2008 Religion News Service.  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