Kwestia Holokaustu w dokumentach Kościoła katolickiego

Abstract

The official Catholic-Jewish dialogue began after the publication of the Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religions Nostra aetate by the Second Vatican Council in October 28, 1965. Two modern events have had the important influence on the attitude of Jews to the dialogue with Christians: the attempt to annihilate the Jewish people during World War II and the establishment of the State of Israel. However, two post-Conciliar documents of the Catholic Church Guidelines and Suggestions for Implementing the Conciliar Declaration Nostra aetate no 4 published on December 3, 1974 and Notes on the correct way to present the Jews and Judaism in preaching and catechesis in the Roman Catholic Church issued on June 24, 1985 do not take up the problem of the Holocaust in detail. A much later document entitled We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah from March 19, 1998 emphasizes that the Holocaust was the breaking point in the Catholic-Jewish relations. It also reject any form of anti-Semitism and racism. Unfortunately the official statements do not present the Holocaust as a unique event in history, of the extraordinary meaning for the Christianity.