The Catholic Church rejects nothing that is true and holy in these religions. She regards with sincere reverence those ways of conduct and of life,...

What is
important about this statement is that it marks a change in the Church's stance towards the
adherents of other religions. The statement itself opens the door for the Catholic faithful to
pursue mutually satisfying relationships with people of other faiths, notably those of the
Jewish faith.

The document itself (although 50 years old) paved the way for
an improvement in Catholic-Jewish relations. It argued that, although "the Jewish
authorities and those who followed their lead pressed for the death of Christ," all Jews
should not be held...