A first-of-its kind study of American Catholic attitudes toward Jews, Judaism, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict finds that they largely have favorable or at least neutral opinions of Jews, but many Catholics remain unaware of church teachings on Jews and Judaism almost 60 years after the Second Vatican Council explicitly rejected antisemitism, and after extensive post-conciliar teaching has called for a deepening of Catholic-Jewish dialogue. The survey shows a need to more intensely raise the consciousness of American Catholics about Catholic views on the Bible and understandings of Jewish covenantal life.
The links below provide details of the study.
Study: American Catholics have favorable views of Jews, despite unfamiliarity with church teaching on Catholic-Jewish relations. (Boston Pilot / OSV News)
Survey: Catholic biblical literalists more likely to have anti-Jewish views. (RNS)
Video of a March 22 public presentation of the survey’s initial results.
