Pope Benedict XVI will meet with 25 Jewish officials. Thursday’s meeting with the delegation from the International Jewish Committee on Inter-religious Consultations will be the new pontiff’s first official meeting with senior Jewish officials. IJCIC has been an official dialogue partner with the Vatican’s Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews for 35 years.
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