CNN CNNI Simulcast April 27, 2014 08:24:00
Catholic church's thinking towards the jews, and of course, john paul ii, who was the first pope to enter a synagogue and establish diplomatic relations with the holy see and israel in 1994. >> in fact, it's worth saying that even before he was elected to the papacy, john xxiii, when he was a vatican diplomat in bulgaria and in greece and in turkey, in the early years of the second world war, was very active in supporting the jewish underground, helping people get residency papers to get out of harm's way, so much so that there are actually a number of jewish leaders around the world who have ...