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Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, puzzled by Romans 9:4-5 insert into Cathecism

Catechism Edit 'Troubling,' Jewish Leaders Say

Deletion of Passage on Moses in Catholic Handbook Questioned

By Daniel Burke

Religion News Service
Saturday, September 13, 2008; Page B09

In catechisms, as in prisons, there are no insignificant sentences.

Every word of these handbooks is meant to clearly express the fundamentals of the faith. The Catholic Church, especially, places great emphasis on its catechism to help pass doctrine from one generation to the next.

So when 200 U.S. bishops voted this summer to delete a reference to the covenant between God and Moses in the "United States Catholic Catechism for Adults," some Jewish leaders were perplexed.


Washington Post article here