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Why do people believe that the Catholic Church and all Catholics hate Jews?
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∙ 13y ago
The Catholic Church was once a major contributor of Anti-Semitism. The most harmful Propaganda blamed Jews for "killing Jesus" and it was spread throughout the world for over a thousand years. Until recently, children learned it in school and adults learned it at mass.
This was publicly retracted by the Catholic Church around the 1960's (apologies were issued, etc.) and the practice has since been banned. But many people still hold all Jews accountable for the death of Jesus and while it's no longer taught within the church, it's something that some families still pass onto their children.
Jews understand that not all Catholics still feel this way and that times are changing. But it's a slow change and it's simply going to take longer than 50 years to undo over 1900 years of hatred ... Sure enough, it's happening --at least among the Catholic Church as the Pope continues his open dialogue with Israel.
Unfortunately, many Protestant groups as well as a few other religions will likely continue to spread this belief.
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∙ 13y ago
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