Vatican City, May 12, 2011 / 18:07 pm
Pope Benedict XVI today urged Catholics and Jews to “stand together” in facing some of the greatest challenges facing mankind today.
“There are many ways in which Jews and Christians can cooperate for the betterment of the world in accordance with the will of the Almighty for the good of mankind. Our thoughts turn immediately to practical works of charity and service to the poor and those in need,” the Pope told a delegation from the Jewish humanitarian society B’nai B’rith International at the Vatican May 12.
“One of the most important things that we can do together is bear common witness to our deeply-held belief that every man and woman is created in the divine image and thus possessed of inviolable dignity. This conviction remains the most secure basis for every effort to defend and promote the inalienable rights of each human being.”
B’nai B’rith is one of the oldest Jewish humanitarian, advocacy and human rights groups in the world.