Pope Benedict Exonerates Jews for Jesus' Death in New Book  Pope
Benedict XVI has made a sweeping exoneration of the Jewish
people for the death of Jesus Christ in a new book, tackling one
of the most controversial issues in Christianity.  In "Jesus of
Nazareth" excerpts released Wednesday, Benedict uses a biblical
and theological analysis to explain why it is not true that the
Jewish people as a whole were responsible for Jesus' death.
While the Vatican has for five decades taught that Jews weren't
collectively responsible, Jewish scholars said Wednesday the
argument laid out by the German-born pontiff, who has had his
share of mishaps with Jews, was significant and would help fight
anti-Semitism today....  comments powered by Disqus