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December 10, 2015

Catholics shouldn’t try to convert Jews, says new Vatican document

Czech Rabbi Karol Efraim Sidon lights the menorah of Hanukkah inside Europe's oldest active synagogue, The Old New Synagogue, in Prague, Czech Republic, in this Dec. 2, 2010, file photo. Although Catholics are called to witness to their faith, the church "neither conducts nor supports" any institutional missionary initiative directed toward Jews, according to a new document from a Vatican commission

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican has said that Catholics should witness to their faith but not undertake organized efforts to convert Jews, a significant step forward in the once tense relations between the two faiths.

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