The Jewish members of a Jewish-Catholic team formed to study the Vatican’s behavior during World War II criticized a leading cardinal’s attacks on them as “inflammatory” and “totally unjustified” and renewed calls to open Vatican archives on the period. The scholars responded to a document issued Aug. 24 by Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Vatican Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.