[ Forty Years Ago, the Vatican Issued Nostra Aetate ... ]

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VATICAN CITY Forty years ago, the Vatican issued Nostra Aetate, in which the church officially ceased blaming Jews for the death of Jesus. Since then, acts of reconciliation have come to define relations between the Holy See and Israel.

Full diplomatic relations were established, a regretful John Paul II visited the Western Wall and his successor, Benedict XVI, entered a Jewish synagogue in his native Germany last summer.

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[ Forty Years Ago, the Vatican Issued Nostra Aetate ... ]

Until this week, one issue appeared stalemated: the Vatican's rights to property and tax exemption in the Holy Land. The subject received "particular attention' when Israeli President Moshe Katsav visited Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday (Nov. 17).

Speaking...

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