Every year, as the fall approaches, Jews have an opportunity to “wipe the slate clean.” Each Rosh Hashanah, we reflect on our actions of the past year and seek forgiveness for those we have wronged. We attempt to take moral responsibility, make amends, and commit to change.

Axar.az, citing JP, reports that in a letter addressed to Rabbi Noam Marans of the American Jewish Committee, Leo pledged to continue to strengthen the Church’s dialogue with the Jewish people.

In a heartfelt message to the Jewish people this week, Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pontiff, has offered a reset of sorts in the Vatican’s dialogue with the global Jewish community.

Nostra Aetate was a landmark document in the 1962-1965 Council that repudiated the concept of collective Jewish guilt for the death of Jesus and urged dialogue with non-Christian religions.