Archbishop Lawrence J. Shehan, of Baltimore, has expressed his “hope and confident expectation” that the Ecumenical Council will, make a “strong statement” on religious liberty and the relationship of the Catholic Church with the Jews, it was announced here today.
In an exchange of letters with Jacob Blaustein, honorary president of the American Jewish Committee, Archbishop Shehan expressed the hope that the Ecumenical Council, convening for its third session in Rome in September, will “enunciate clearly the bond of charity that should exist between Christians and Jews today, and will condemn all expressions and attitudes which can justly be regarded as offensive.” The Archbishop is a member of the Secretariat for Christian Unity, of which Augustin Cardinal Bea is chairman.
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