Christian-Jewish relations are moving toward “new and higher levels of understanding and practical cooperation,” B’nai B’rith president Label Katz told a banquet audience celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Amos Lodge of B’nai B’rith here tonight.
Mr. Katz attributed the “growing maturity” of interfaith activities to the spirit of religious liberalism advanced by the late Pope John XXIII and his successor, Paul VI. In place of the shallow notion that interfaith activity has to play down individual distinctions, and build on the idea that religions are similar to each other, “we are learning now the virtues of religious pluralism which affirms the validity of differences and distinctions, “Mr. Katz asserted.
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