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Is He Good for the Jews?

JL;DR SUMMARY The ascension of Bob Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, as the leader of the Catholic Church presents both uncertainty and potential opportunity for Jewish-Catholic relations. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Catholic ChurchInterfaith DialogueVatican IiJewish Catholic RelationsPalestinian IssuesPope Leo XivPapal InfluencePawlikowski

Places mentioned

Chicago, Illinois, United States
"But Pope Leo was raised in Chicago - a city with a large Jewish population."
Peru
"His lifes work was focused on serving the poor of Peru."

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