During Vatican II, the church put out Nostra Aetate, or "The Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions." This document is largely concerned wtih Catholic-Jewish relations, and definitely clears up a few issues: living Jews are not to be held accountable for Jesus' death, persecution of Jews is not OK, the Jews are to be recognized for their Biblical contributions, etc.
What I can't figure out for sure are the implications for Jews after death. Does this document imply that Jews will no longer automatically be condemned to hell? A lot of the language is lofty and vague, so I'm not sure...
Link to the Nostra Aetate document, hosted on the Vatican's website: http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decl_19651028_nostra-aetate_en.html
2006-10-11
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