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Monday, July 5, 2004

MEETING IN ARGENTINA OF THE JEWISH-CATHOLIC COMMITTEE


VATICAN CITY, JUL 5, 2004 (VIS) - The 18th meeting of the International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee, organized by the Holy See Commission for Religious Relations with Jews and the International Jewish Committee on Inter-religious Consultations (IJCIC), will take place from July 5 to 8 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  Catholic and Jewish experts from Europe, Israel, the United States and Latin America will participate in the meeting.

  The theme of the meeting is: "Zedeq and Zedaqah (Justice and Charity). Facing the Challenges of the Future: Jewish-Catholic Relations in the 21st Century."

  According to a communique published today, the Holy See is represented by Cardinal Walter Kasper, Bishop Brian Farrell, and Fr. Norbert Hofmann, respectively president, vice president and secretary of the Commission for the Religious Relations with Jews, together with Cardinal Jorge Maria Mejia and Archbishop Michael Louis Fitzgerald, president of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue.
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