Cardinal Kasper cites three tasks for Catholic-Jewish relations

Published: 2005-03-15

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Keynoting a three-day Catholic-Jewish theological dialogue, a top Vatican official said among the main tasks facing Catholic-Jewish relations in coming years are deeper historical studies, dialogue on fundamental theology and advancing cooperation in charitable and social work. Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and of the council's Commission for Religious Relations With the Jews, spoke to a packed room of about 300 people at The Catholic University of America's Pryzbyla Center March 14. Sharing the podium with him was Rabbi Eugene B. Borowitz of Hebrew Union College's Jewish Institute of Religion in New York, who is widely regarded as the dean of American Jewish philosophers and the first teacher on whom Hebrew Union has conferred the title "distinguished professor." Rabbi Borowitz -- whose involvement in Catholic-Jewish dialogue goes back to 1965 -- strongly applauded the recent movement of Catholic-Jewish consultations into the field of theological dialogue.

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