American Jewish Committee Press Release

AJC Seeks Clarification on Latin Mass


July 9, 2007 - New York - The American Jewish Committee expresses its appreciation to Pope Benedict XVI for his confirmation that the positive changes of Vatican II will apply to his recent decision regarding the Latin Mass, which has been reinstated by the Church.
'We acknowledge that the Church's liturgy is an internal Catholic matter and this motu proprio from Pope Benedict XVI is based on the permission given by John Paul II in 1988 and thus, on principle, is nothing new,' said Rabbi David Rosen, AJC's international director of Interreligious Affairs. 'However we are naturally concerned about how wider use of this Tridentine liturgy may impact upon how Jews are perceived and treated.'

Pope Benedict XVI, in a decree issued on Saturday, authorized wider use of the traditional Latin Mass, which in some liturgy contains language offensive to Jews.

'We appreciate that the motu proprio actually limits the use of the Latin Mass in the days prior to Easter, which addresses the reference in the Good Friday liturgy concerning the Jews,' Rosen added. 'However, it is still not clear that this qualification applies to all situations and we have called on the Vatican to contradict the negative implications that some in the Jewish community and beyond have drawn concerning the motu proprio.'

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ADL PRESS RELEASE

ADL CALLS VATICAN PRAYER FOR CONVERSION OF JEWS 'A THEOLOGICAL SETBACK' AND 'A BODY BLOW TO CATHOLIC-JEWISH RELATIONS'

Rome, July 6, 2007..The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) called the Vatican's inclusion of a prayer for the conversion of Jews in the Latin Mass 'a theological setback in the religious life of Catholics and a body blow to Catholic-Jewish relations, after 40 years of progress between the Church and the Jewish people.'
A papal order allowing the use of the 16th Century Tridentine Mass (Latin Mass) includes the prayer used in the Good Friday liturgy from the 1962 Missal, 'For the conversion of the Jews. Let us pray also for the Jews that the Lord our God may take the veil from their hearts and that they also may acknowledge our Lord Jesus Christ. Let us pray: Almighty and everlasting God, You do not refuse Your mercy even to the Jews; hear the prayers which we offer for the blindness of that people so that they may acknowledge the light of Your truth, which is Christ, and be delivered from their darkness.'
Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, in Rome for meetings with Vatican officials, issued the following statement:
We are extremely disappointed and deeply offended that nearly 40 years after the Vatican rightly removed insulting anti-Jewish language from the Good Friday Mass, that it would now permit Catholics to utter such hurtful and insulting words by praying for Jews to be converted. This is a theological setback in the religious life of Catholics and a body blow to Catholic-Jewish relations. It is the wrong decision at the wrong time.

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It appears the Vatican has chosen to satisfy a right-wing faction in the Church that rejects change and reconciliation.
ADL noted that in 1959, Pope John XXIII removed the term 'perfidious Jews' from the controversial Good Friday Latin Mass. In the 1970 Missal of Paul VI, which is currently used, the prayer for the conversion of Jews was replaced by a positive prayer recognizing the Jews' eternal covenant with God, a principle to which Pope John Paul II was deeply committed.
To speak with an ADL expert on Catholic-Jewish relations contact [email protected].

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FIRST THINGS

Monday, July 9, 2007, 6:35 AM

Neuhaus responds to the ADL press release, concluding that 'the ADL reaction is a mix of bellicosity and ignorance. The 1962 Missal does not say what Mr. Foxman says it says. And, if he had read Benedict?s apostolic letter before attacking it, he would know that it explicitly says that the Missal of 1970 will be used exclusively in the Triduum of Holy Week, which of course includes Good Friday.'

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Vatican Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews

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The communiqué below was issued by the Vatican Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, by its secretary, Father Norbert Hofmann.

The Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews has received many enquiries over the last few weeks on how to interpret the ?Motu Proprio? Summorum Pontificium concerning the use of the 1962 Missal in the Roman Liturgy. Many expressed criticism or concern regarding the Prayer for the Conversion of the Jews, present in the Good Friday Liturgy. The Commission can only offer a provisional response.

As for the use of the 1962 Missal in private masses, it should be noted that no private mass is allowed during the ?Easter Triduum?. Therefore, according to article 2 of the ?Motu Proprio?, the use of problematic texts from the 1962 Missal does not arise.

The situation is different with regard to masses celebrated in communities under the jurisdiction of the Papal Commission ?Ecclesia Dei?, communities of institutes of consecrated life and the societies of apostolic life (cf. art. 3) or in masses in parishes as mentioned in art. 5, § 1. According to the information provided by ?Ecclesia Dei?, these communities have been using the 1962 Missal also for the Good Friday Liturgy and will continue to do so. Therefore, fundamentally, there is nothing new in this regard. Moreover, one should bear in mind that the wording ?perfidi Iudei? is not to be found in the texts of the 1962 Missal for the Good Friday Liturgy. The problem of the Prayer for the Conversion of the Jews requires further reflection. In this regard, it is expected that an adaptation of the 1962 Missal will be needed, and this could provide a way forward.

The Commission for the Religious Relations with the Jews is committed to the search for an appropriate solution.

It should be stressed that there is no intention whatsoever to change the contents of the teachings of Nostra aetate concerning the relations between the Church and the Jewish People.

Received and posted July 23, 2007

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