2014-09-19 Vatican Radio - Pope Francis on Wednesday afternoon met with delegation of 40
world Jewish leaders at the Casa Santa Marta. The gathering was in
honor of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. Among those attending the
event were World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder, Latin
American Jewish Congress President Jack Terpins, WJC Treasurer Chella
Safra and a number of Jewish community heads and senior WJC officials."We want to share with the pope our message of peace and prosperity for the New Year," said Claudio Epelman, executive director of the LAJC and theWJC official in charge of relations with the Vatican.
Among the gifts presented to the Holy Father was a football jersey bearing the name “Francisco”.
Source: http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-francis-meets-with-jewish-leaders-to-mark-ros
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