Address at Pope John Paul II’s Historic Visit, Synagogue of Rome, April 13, 1986
Elio Toaff
1986
Your Holiness,
As the Chief Rabbi of this community, whose history goes back thousands of years, I wish to express to you my intense satisfaction at the gesture you have wished to carry out today, visiting a Synagogue for the first time in the history of the Church. This gesture is destined to be remembered throughout history. It shows itself…
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