New Catholic efforts to end anti-Jewish prejudice were underway in the Chicago area today following a special meeting on Catholic Jewish relations sponsored by the Chicago Catholic Interracial Council.
More than 200 Catholic leaders discussed such relations and a panel of four Catholic and Jewish clergymen and laymen discussed the topic. The session also featured the showing of a film on Catholic-Jewish relations, “The Chosen People,” which was produced by the National Council of Catholic Men.
The new anti-prejudice campaign in Catholic churches was started by Albert Cardinal Meyer, Archbishop of Chicago who is encouraging priests in his diocese to preach against racial and religious prejudice this year.
Cardinal Meyer has told the priests that “in the Mass, in the prayer after consecration, we speak of Abraham, as our father. This fact points to the absurdity of anti-Semitism on the part of Catholics. We are the spiritual descendants of Abraham and the Jewish people.”
Leaders of the Interracial Council said today they hoped to encourage wide use of the Catholic film and panels throughout the Chicago Catholic community. The Anti-Defamation League helped to sponsor the special meeting.
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