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"Nobody in the Catholic church William Henry Keeler, arch- bishop of Baltimore, is the Vati- is a better friend of the Jewish people than Archbishop Keeler. can's chief He's a mensch," said Rabbi Win- spokesman in er, using the Yiddish term for "de- the United cent man." States and con- The Synagogue Council is an sidered by umbrella group representing the Jews involved Reform, Conservative and cen- in Jewish- trist Orthodox movements in in- Catholic dia- terreligious dialogue. logue to be an As an example of Archibish- ally with good . op Keeler's deep commitment to access at the relations with Jews, Rabbi Win- Vatican. Malda er said that Archbishop Keeler His promo- tion to the College of Cardinals personally stepped in during the will only increase his access and last of a long series of crises sur- influence in Rome, said sources. rounding the presence of a con- Adam Joseph Maida, the oth- vent at the Auschwitz death er new cardinal, is the archbish- camp. "The nuns had still not moved op of Detroit and was centrally involved in the 1991 visit to the and the 50th anniversary of the United States of the controver- Warsaw Ghetto uprising was sial Cardinal Jozef Glemp of coming. There was the danger of Poland, who met with Jews here nasty confrontations" between Jewish demonstrators and the in an effort at reconciliation. In 1989, Cardinal Glemp gave nuns, said Rabbi Winer. "Archbishop Keeler went the a homily in Czestochowa, in which he said that Jews control full nine yards as president of the the international media, intro- National Conference of Catholic duced Communism to Poland Bishops. He sent a letter by diplo- matic courier to the pope, mak- and got peasants drunk. Archibishops Keeler, 63, and ing it clear that the problem had Maida, 64, were among 30 new to be resolved, which it was." The pope, apparently in re- cardinals worldwide appointed sponse, sent a letter to the nuns by the pope this week. In addition to being promot- instructing them to leave the ed to cardinal, Archbishop Keel- death camp convent. Archbishop Keeler also worked er was this week appointed to the Pontifical Council for Christian to secure backing in the Catholic Unity, an umbrella body which community for the Religious includes the Vatican's Commis- Freedom Restoration Act, a piece sion for Relations with the Jews. of legislation considered very im- Archbishop Keeler is current- portant in the Jewish commu- ly president of the National Con- nity. The bill, which Congress ference of Catholic Bishops, and formerly chaired the Bishop's passed last year, was designed to Committee on Ecumenical and ensure that government could not Interreligious Relations. Before arbitrarily infringe on the reli- heading the Conference, he also gious practice of minority groups. The church opposed the legis- served as U.S. Catholics' episco- pal moderator for Catholic-Jew- lation because Catholic officials feared that a woman could use ish relations. According to Rabbi A. James the law, if passed, as the basis for Rudin, director for interreligious securing an abortion even if abor- affairs at the American Jewish tion were otherwise outlawed. Archbishop Keeler "more than Committee, Archbishop Keeler's elevation to the rank of cardinal any other churchman, heard our "represents the maturing of the concern," said Rabbi Winer, "and church's relationship with the worked it through his church." Archbishops Keeler and Mai- Jewish community. will be installed in the College "It shows that positive Catholic-Jewish relations is a of Cardinals on Nov. 26. mainstream, mainline part of the