Christian–Jewish reconciliation

"As Catholics and Jews, we are jointly motivated to combat antisemitism and all forms of hate by our shared belief in human beings as created b'tzelem Elohim, in the image of God (Genesis 1:27). The persecution of even one of us is the persecution of all of us."

"The history of the relationship between the Catholic Church and the Jews was not always a happy one. Too often it was written in tears. Yet something extraordinary happened just over half a century ago, when on 13 June 1960, the French Jewish historian Jules Isaac had an audience with Pope John XXIII, and that set in motion the long journey to Vatican II and Nostra aetate, as a result of which, today, Jews and Catholics meet not as enemies, nor as strangers, but as cherished and respected friends. That is one of the most dramatic transformations in the religious history of humankind, and it lit a beacon of hope, not just for us, but for the world."