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Related: About this forumPope Francis I Speaks on Holocaust, Israel and Jews in Only Book
Pope Francis I Speaks on Holocaust, Israel and Jews in Only Book
Pontiff's Unscripted Talk With Rabbi in 'Heaven and Earth'
Within hours of the selection of Pope Francis I as the new pontiff, newspapers quoted the heads of the major Jewish agencies saying that Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was committed to building bridges to the Jewish community. Jewish leaders said they expected to have a fruitful relationship with him.
As a bishop and then cardinal, the pope participated in many interfaith meetings. He was praised by the Jewish community for his compassionate response to the 1994 bombing in Buenos Aires of a seven-story building housing the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association and the Delegation of the Argentine Jewish Association. As a cardinal, he has preached in a synagogue twice, spoken at holocaust commemorations and has visited Israel.
Remarkably, almost no attention has been paid to the fact that the only book written by the Pope currently in print is a dialogue in Spanish between the then-cardinal Bergoglio and a rabbi.
Sobre El Cielo Y La Tierra (Regarding Heaven and Earth) is structured as a transcript of a conversation between then-Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio and Rabbi Abraham Skorka, the rector of the Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano.
The sweeping book skips quickly from discussions of God, fundamentalism, sin, homosexuality, capitalism, money, the poor and many other topics. The future pontiff addresses the role of the Catholic Church in the Holocaust, Argentinas so-called dirty war and the Mideast conflict in an unscripted, eye-opening way that couldnt be further from the carefully crafted messages that usually emerge from the Vatican
Because of its important insights into the new pope, Sobre El Cielo Y La Tierra has shot to the No. 1 slot for books on religion on Amazon.com.
The most intriguing aspect for Jews may be that the first words the world may read by the new leader of the 1.2-billion member church is a constructive conversation with a rabbi, in which both men encourages interfaith amity. The Pope also shows his familiarity with Judaism and Jewish authors, especially the works of Abraham Joshua Heschel.
Read more: http://forward.com/articles/173039/pope-francis-i-speaks-on-holocaust-israel-and-jews/?p=all#ixzz2NjN9f3pU
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Pope Francis I Speaks on Holocaust, Israel and Jews in Only Book (Original Post)
Meshuga
Mar 2013
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I bet these 'discussions of homosexuality' are very choice. Discussions, diatribes, hate speech...
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2013
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Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)1. I bet these 'discussions of homosexuality' are very choice. Discussions, diatribes, hate speech...
what's the difference really? Fred Phelps, Pope Francis, six of one, half dozen of the other.
Meshuga
(6,182 posts)2. Francis I was very anti gay marriage from what I hear and against gay couples adopting children
In short, a homophobe.
But Rabbi Skorka (the other person in the discussion) openly supports homosexual unions and is pro gay rights.
So I am not sure what the nature of the "discussions of homosexuality" was since I didn't read the book. But both men surely disagree on the subject.