{"id":68430,"date":"2025-10-28T15:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T20:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=68430"},"modified":"2025-10-28T15:25:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T20:25:43","slug":"60-years-of-nostra-aetate-dutch-bishops-reflect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/28\/60-years-of-nostra-aetate-dutch-bishops-reflect\/","title":{"rendered":"60 Years of Nostra Aetate: Dutch Bishops reflect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By: Staff, October 28, 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On October 28, 2025,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rkkerk.nl\/brief-bisschoppen-bij-60-jaar-nostra-aetate-verschil-en-gemeenschappelijkheid-sluiten-elkaar-niet-uit\/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\"> the Roman Catholic Bishops of the Netherlands<\/a> marked the 60th anniversary of <em>Nostra aetate<\/em>, the Second Vatican Council\u2019s landmark declaration on the Church\u2019s relationship with non-Christian religions. In a public letter, the bishops emphasized the enduring relevance of the document and urged renewed commitment to interreligious dialogue, especially amid rising anti-Semitism and discrimination against Muslims in Dutch society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Nostra aetate<\/em>, promulgated in 1965, calls Catholics to recognize the shared spiritual heritage among religious traditions and to foster mutual understanding, peace, and justice. The bishops reiterated this message, stating:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDifference and commonality are not mutually exclusive.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They warned that societal divisions are growing and that many people are retreating into isolated groups, losing opportunities to learn from one another. 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Woorts, delegate for interreligious dialogue and Jewish-Christian relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bishops concluded with a prayerful wish that <em>Nostra aetate<\/em> may once again inspire efforts toward a world where all people live as sisters and brothers, honoring the dignity of every human being created in <em>imago Dei<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STAFF &#8212; Bishops emphasize the enduring relevance of the document, urging renewed commitment to interreligious dialogue. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":68432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3116,32,4102],"tags":[390,337,811,3012],"class_list":["post-68430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-new-ws","category-vatican-ii","category-world-peace","tag-netherlands","tag-nostra-aetate","tag-peace","tag-vatican-ii"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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