A leading Catholic bishop and a rabbinical expert on interfaith relations, speaking at a synagogue here tonight, hailed gains in Jewish-Christian understanding and listed major unresolved problems in those relations.
The speakers were Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, newly-appointed Bishop of Rochester, and Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum of New York, director of inter-religious activities of the American Jewish Committee. They addressed an open meeting at Temple B’rith Kodesh sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Rochester, the Jewish Community Council and the Committee as the final event of a day-long symposium on “The Jewish People and the Catholic People Look at Each Other.” It was the prelate’s first public address on Jewish-Christian relations since his appointment.
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