Synod: Rabbi says Jews cannot 'forgive and forget' Pius XII
By JOHN L. ALLEN JR.
Rome
The first rabbi ever to address a Synod of Bishops today praised the church?s commitment to dialogue with Jews, but he also issued a reminder of Jewish/Catholic tensions by indirectly criticizing the late Pope Pius XII, the wartime pope whose alleged silence during the Holocaust has long been a subject of controversy.
On Thursday, Benedict XVI will lead a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the death of Pius XII in 1958.