The Jerusalem Post reports that he did so during his recent trip to Israel, but I don’t see this reported anywhere else.
In his welcoming address, Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger thanked the pope for his announcement, calling it an “historic agreement and, “for us, an immensely important message.”
Did this really happen? If so, this would be interesting in a number of ways. Perhaps one of our fine readers can illuminate us.
