The Vatican is expected to issue a statement next week in which the Catholic Church will make it clear that the resumption of the use of an old Latin prayer by Pope Benedict XVI during mass on Easter Sunday last month is not an attempt.Some Jewish groups regarded this development as a resumption of missionary efforts among Jewish communities.
The Chief Rabbinate of Italy, as well as the leadership of German Jewry, announced that they are cutting off ties with the Catholic Church until the wording of the prayer was changed.
The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, which concluded in 1965, decided that the Jews should not be blamed for killing of Christ and initiated prayers in local languages, rather than the Latin that was customary until then.
About a year and a half ago, Benedict XVI announced that Catholic communities could resume use of the traditional Latin mass if they so wished.
The decision angered many Jewish groups because the Latin wording of the Easter mass included a line that called on God to "shed light into the eyes" of Jews so that they would recognize Christ as the messiah.
Some Jewish groups regarded this development as a resumption of missionary efforts among Jewish communities.
The Chief Rabbinate of Italy, as well as the leadership of German Jewry, announced that they are cutting off ties with the Catholic Church until the wording of the prayer was changed
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