Vatican tells Catholics not to attempt to convert Jews | World news | The Guardian

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“Once again the Pope directly contradicts what Jesus said when He gave the disciples “the Great Commission” which was to preach the Gospel to everyone.. for we all need the Savior. The Jews need to be born again just like anyone else in order to be reconciled to God.”  Admin

Catholics should not try to convert Jews and should work with them to fight antisemitism, the Vatican has said, in a major new document that draws the church further away from the strained relations of the past.

Christianity and Judaism are intertwined and God never annulled his covenant with the Jewish people, said the document from the Vatican’s commission for religious relations with Jews.

“The church is therefore obliged to view evangelisation to Jews, who believe in the one God, in a different manner from that to people of other religions and world views,” it said.

“In concrete terms this means that the Catholic church neither conducts nor supports any specific institutional mission work directed towards Jews.”

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