This address given by Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, Archbishop of Chicago, at Hebrew University of Jerusalem in March, 1995, details the development of Christian thought on anti-Semitism. In particular, he points out how in recent years the Catholic Church has undertaken important efforts to acknowledge guilt for that legacy. He repudiates any remaining vestiges of anti-Semitism in the Church's contemporary teaching and practice as sinful. The cardinal calls upon Jews and Christians to recommit themselves to counter the resurgence of anti-Semitism, together with other forms of racial and ethnic violence.

In responding to these realities, Cardinal Bernardin suggests several ways that Jews and Christians can, together and separately, build a better future for relations. He calls for renewal of Catholic teaching material on anti-Semitism, expansion of awareness of Vatican II's rejection of the anti-Judaic theology. The cardinal calls for Jewish educators to rethink the Jewish communities' understanding of its relationship with the Church.

The Archdiocese of Chicago has asked of the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding, permission to publish this address.

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