Some Jews are Still Going on about Good Friday Prayer

Some Jews are never happy. Would they like it if Catholic authorities censored their "sacred" texts? The fact of the matter is is that most Jews coulnd't care less. It's only the press who erroneously reports these "controversies" because they need to sell advertising space and appease their masters. Still, the prayer asks God for the conversion of the Jews. That's unacceptable to them. Sure beats what's in the Talmud where you can justify just about any crime committed against the perfidious Goyim.

I think Goldblog has it right, but in case they keep it up, there should be some major press releases entitled, "Cardinal Lehmen disappointed with Jews: 'We've been saddened by the Jews. The Jewish sacred books encouraged especially by extremist ultra-Orthodox Jews, need serious revision to keep pace with the advances made by Nostra Aetate and an apology for all the Christians they've killed since stoning St. Stephen and the Ukranian Holodomor, would be a welcome new vista of honesty in this dialogue of double-standards'".

But just look at the comments below the article, if you think that's whiney, the comments are screaming for the blood of Catholics. It's enough to make you believe that the blood libel wasn't just a myth concocted by anti-semites in the 20th Century to justify its various pogroms.

ROME – On Good Friday, two days before Easter, a prayer titled “Let us Pray for the Conversion of the Jews” was recited in Latin by traditionalist Catholic congregations in Italy, plus 16 sections of the Society of Saint Pius X.

The ultra-conservative society, whose excommunication was lifted by Pope Benedict XVI last year, has yet to be fully reintegrated into the Catholic Church, because of its refusal to accept the reforms of the Second Vatican Council.

In 2007, in an effort to bring the traditionalist elements of the Church back into the fold, Benedict issued a “Motu Proprio” declaration allowing wider use of the 1962, pre-Vatican II Roman Missal containing this prayer, which was previously restricted to small groups. Three years ago only 30 Italian churches were affected by that decision, as opposed to the 118 that regularly use the liturgy today.

h/t: Durandal