Removing the Latin word for "faithless" from our Good Friday prayers in 1959 wasn't enough, now the Gospel of Matthew has to have a trigger warning lest it encourage "anti-semitism".
https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-usccbs-good-friday-pastoral-note
The USCCB is normally pretty resistant to woke pressures but bent the knee pretty quickly in this instance.
I'm sure Ms Cohen's heart is in the right place but until someone gets the Jews to remove the section of their Talmud that calls Jesus a sorcerer and says he is burning in excrement for eternity it's hard to take their wailing seriously
https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-usccbs-good-friday-pastoral-note
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The U.S. bishops' conference announced recently that it will require a pastoral note on antisemitism to be placed in worship aids and pew missals ahead of all Good Friday passion narratives, beginning this year.
The USCCB is normally pretty resistant to woke pressures but bent the knee pretty quickly in this instance.
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Why the new USCCB pastoral note? And why now? What was the process to create the note?
The Pillar spoke with Rebecca Cohen, program and research specialist of the USCCB's Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs.
That interview is below. It has been edited for length and clarity.
I'm sure Ms Cohen's heart is in the right place but until someone gets the Jews to remove the section of their Talmud that calls Jesus a sorcerer and says he is burning in excrement for eternity it's hard to take their wailing seriously