Catholics, Jews meet on schools, anti-Semitism, anti-Catholicism

Published: 2006-06-23

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The annual U.S. Catholic-Orthodox Jewish consultation drafted a joint statement on school choice and heard a report on anti-Semitism and anti-Catholicism on the Internet during a meeting in New York June 14. According to the report, the Internet has more than 5,000 hate sites and computer game offerings that are anti-Semitic or anti-Catholic or both. The consultation involves the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs and the Rabbinical Council of America and Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America. In a joint press communique after the meeting, released by the USCCB in Washington June 20, the participants said the statement on school choice "was approved, pending several minor emendations." Eugene Fisher, an associate director of the USCCB Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, told Catholic News Service the statement should be released this summer.

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