Via Whispers in the Loggia, Catholics and Elder Brethren, Together, a statement from the 19th International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee. Cardinal Kasper represented the Catholic Church.

Some things are always worth repeating. Like this:

The ILC also focused on specific issues that followed from the deliberations at the 18th meeting: in particular, the need to expand and intensify cooperation between our communities, to condemn and respond to resurgent anti-Semitism, bigotry and terrorism. We again recall the words of Pope John Paul II that anti-Semitism is a sin against God and humanity.

And this:

At the same time as we face the terror of pestilence and poverty we face the terror of human violence and hatred. In this context we condemn Holocaust denial and reaffirm the commitment to the right of the Jewish State to live in security and peace.

Let’s just remind ourselves of something this group of Catholic and Jewish leaders said in 2004.

We draw encouragement from the fruits of our collective strivings which include the recognition of the unique and unbroken covenantal relationship between God and the Jewish People and the total rejection of anti-Semitism in all its forms, including anti-Zionism as a more recent manifestation of anti-Semitism.

The truth always sounds sweet, doesn’t it?