Edit: Perhaps people don't know, or care, for a couple of reasons. One is that effectively, despite these ecumenical efforts, Jewish figures seem more hostile to Catholics than they ever were. See the media coverage the Pope has been getting, for example. Secondly, is probably that these gestures and ststements are fairly meaningless. If Catholicism is true, don't Jews have to forsaake their false religion, after all?
So, if it doesn't matter to "youth", perhaps it's because the substance of both religions have been degraded in people's minds by the very ecumenical gestures being ignored in the first place. People don't care about Catholicism or Judaism because they are largely perceived as hypocritical social service organizations, and who can blame them when there are prelates like Cardinal Sean roaming around?
[Ynetnews] Jewish and Roman Catholic leaders reviewing their dialogue over the past four decades expressed concern on Wednesday that younger generations had little idea of the historic reconciliation that has taken place between them.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4037705,00.html
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This is kinda why the Good Friday prayer debacle still makes me so angry.
ReplyDeleteWe had the older 'perfidis' prayer in our communities for decades after the New Mass came along. Nobody says nothing. Then it suddenly comes to the attention of some professional (non-Catholic) whiners. The Pope changes it, but the crybabies decide they hate the new one too. Finally, the story blows over a few days later and it's a non-issue again.
Soooo, if they aren't happy with the old OR the new, there was no point in changing to begin with. Can we have our prayer back now?
Ecumenism and political correctness accomplish nothing in the end.
Well, the good news is that these sorts of statements are neither authoritative nor unambiguous. Like much of Vatican II, they can be used to dismantle or defend that which has always been taught.
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