Phillip E. Hoffman, chairman of the board of governors of the American Jewish Committee, said here today that he had found active studies and high-level dialogue on interfaith problems in various countries of Western Europe. He cited the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. He said there were European efforts to improve Christian-Jewish relations in the spirit of the Roman Catholic Ecumenical Council declaration on non-Christians.
“Heightened dialogue,” he said, “the launching of key projects, whose goal is improved Catholic teaching about Judaism, and a searching for new channels of Christian-Jewish liaison demonstrate the very real — if still too scattered and little known progress — accomplished in interfaith action during the past year.” The West German hierarchy has been slow to initiate studies, Mr. Hoffman said, but the National Council of Bishops there is considering procedures for study and modification of anti-Jewish texts.
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