Did the Pope say We Should Not Evangelize Jews?
In several reports regarding “ The Gifts and the Calling of God are Irrevocable ” (GCGI), released by the Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, media outlets wrongly summarized and reported that Christians “ should not evangelize Jews ”. Blogs and media outlets from every corner burst out with half-informed op-eds, and all the reactionary comments that go with them, reporting and commenting on a wrong conclusion by an author who chose to write an article on a topic he/she had not taken the time to fact check. Are we surprised? Of course, I won’t pin all the blame on the media. Most Catholics have come to expect statements from our current Pope to be less than crystal clear and easily misrepresented. Most media outlets don’t recognize the difference between the various Vatican documents, either. I doubt that more than a handful would have recognized GCGI “… is not a magisterial document or doctrinal teaching of the Catholic Church, but is a reflection ...