How Pope Benedict strengthened relations between Church and Jewish people
Pope emeritus Benedict XVI — who died Saturday at the age of 95 — played a pivotal role in strengthening relations between the Catholic Church and Jewish people, says Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
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Benedict stunned the world on Feb. 11, 2013, when he announced that he no longer had the strength to run the 1.2 billion-strong Catholic Church.
The death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI passed in an entirely un-papal-like manner Saturday, with a two-sentence announcement from the Vatican press office, making clear once and for all that Benedict stopped being pope a decade ago.
