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UrbScotty

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Sun Apr 26, 2015, 12:19 PM Apr 2015

Pope Francis to give Jewish rabbi a Catholic knighthood

It’s an honor few non-Catholics have ever received, although the job description has evolved since the old days.

“No horses, no swords, nothing like that,” Joe Zwilling, New York Archdiocese said.

This most unlikely Knight of the Catholic Church has been a rabbi at the East Side synagogue for more than 50 years. He is a holocaust survivor known around the world for learning from the past and urging the use of religion to unite, rather than divide.

“This is a clear message that Pope Francis is continuing rapprochement with the Jewish people,” he said.


http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/04/24/new-york-rabbi-arthur-schneier-welcomed-as-knight-of-the-catholic-church/
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