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March 14, 2013       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/jews-worldwide-see-an-ally-in-pope-francis/2013/03/13/89f1594a-8c48-11e2-adca-74ab31da3399_story.html

Jews Worldwide See an Ally in Newly Elected Pope Francis

(Washington Post) Lauren Markoe - Jews worldwide welcomed newly elected Pope Francis as a friend on Wednesday, and pointed in particular to his sympathetic and strong reaction to the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in his native Argentina. "He has shown deep signs of respect and friendship towards the Jews," said Riccardo Di Segni, the chief rabbi of Rome. As Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the archbishop of Buenos Aires, Francis "has had a warm relationship with the Jewish community of Argentina, and enjoyed close friendships with many prominent rabbis," said Rabbi David Rosen, international director of interreligious affairs at the American Jewish Committee.

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