Jews and Catholics

Answering a question about Pope Francis and Jews: comment 221 http://www.calledtocommunion.com/2013/03/habemus-papam/

Sts. Paul and Barnabas spoke this way only to Jews who culpably rejected Christ, in this case for reasons of jealousy. We have no good reason to believe that the Jews with whom Pope Francis has spoken have definitively rejected Christ, let alone done so culpably. Their very willingness to talk with Pope Francis in an open and authentic manner suggests that they remain open to understanding more about Christ and His Church, and are thus not at all in the same epistemic condition as were the Jews described in Acts 13. Pope Francis’s dialogue with them is a reflection of the Church’s recognition of kinship with and affection for the Jewish people as the root from whom we come (see Nostra Aetate, 4), and continued prayer and hope for their recognition and acceptance of Christ as the promised Messiah.