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RUTH E. GRUBER
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Rome

ope John Paul II will act this
month on two prominent
themes that have colored his
papacy: seeking forgiveness
for past Catholic errors, including the
treatment of Jews, and his intense per-
sonal dream of making a pilgrimage to
the Holy Land. But his actions on
these issues are coming amid ques-
tions, controversy and strained rela-
tions between the Vatican and Israel.
On Sunday, which the Vatican has
declared a "day of request for forgive-
ness" for Catholics, the pope will lead
Mass at the Vatican dedicated to par-
don and repentance. Little more than
a week later, coinciding with the holi-
day of Purim, he flies to the Holy
Land, where he will retrace the foot-
steps of Jesus in Israel, visit Jordan and
Palestinian Authority leaders.
At the Sunday Mass, the pope is
expected to deliver a sweeping church
apology for past sins.
Last week, however, senior church
officials said the plea for forgiveness
should not be seen as self-flagellation,
but as an attempt to heal historic
wounds.
Although the church's request for
forgiveness is public, said Cardinal
Roger Etchegaray, it "cannot assume
the form of a spectacular self-flagella-
tion or even less so be seen as a stage
for sick curiosity."
Etchegaray spoke at a news confer-
enCe to formally present a new docu-
ment explaining the theological frame-
work for what he called the "purifica-
tion of memory."
The document, "Memory and
Reconciliation: The Church and the
Mistakes of the Past," lists several
major areas where the church has
failed, including the Inquisition, forced
conversion and treatment of Jews.
But it reiterated the church's posi-
tion that individuals were responsible
for such sins, not the church itself.
Etchegaray and other Vatican of
presenting the document, which .
was unofficially released last week in
Paris, said the pope will not seek a
pardon for specific persons nor will his

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prayers for forgiveness imply a judg-
ment on the Christians of the past.
"Today's church cannot be a tri-
bunal on the past," said Cardinal
Joseph Ratzinger, the Vatican's senior
theologian.
Regarding relations with the Jews,
the document says, "The hostility and
wariness of numerous Christians
toward Jews over the course of time is
a painful historic fact and is the cause
of profound remorse."
But primarily it reiterates assertions
made in earlier documents and state-
ments, including a landmark 1998
Vatican document on the Holocaust
that disappointed many Jews for hav-
ing defended the wartime behavior of
Pope Pius XII.
As in the 1998 statement, the new
document says that while the Roman
Catholic Church accepts responsibility
for the sins of its followers, the sins
themselves were committed by indi-
viduals, not the church.
It contains no specific apology for
the attitude of the church or the inac-
tion of church leaders like Pius XII
during the Holocaust. Critics charge
Pius with having aided in the killing
of Jews by not speaking out against
the Holocaust. The document says
that while some Christians had helped
Jews during the Holocaust, while oth-
ers had not done enough.
Debate over these latest pronounce-
ments and continuing controversy
over the role of Pius XII already have
colored the run-up to the pope's
March 20-26 pilgrimage to the Holy
Land.
John Paul's trip will be the first
papal visit to the Holy Land since
Pope Paul VI visited Jerusalem in
1964 — before Israel took control of
the entire city as a result of the 1967
Six-Day War.
It is meant to be a voyage of intense
spirituality and symbolism that will
enable the frail, 79-year-old pope to
have direct contact with the actual
sites where Christianity was born.
During his trip, the pope will meet
with local leaders and visit sites sacred
to Christians, Jews and Muslims. His
crowded itinerary includes visits to the
Western Wall and the Yad Vashem
Holocaust memorial. ❑

