Pope mandates change in traditional Good Friday prayer

Vatican, Feb. 5, 2008 (CWNews.com) - Pope Benedict XVI (bio - news) has revised the prayer for the conversion of Jews in the traditional form of the Good Friday liturgy.
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Some Jewish leaders had urged the Pope to revise the text of the Good Friday prayer in the traditional liturgy, which had referred to the "blindness" of the Jewish people-- a reference that many Jews considered offensive. Some critics of the traditional prayer also called for the removal of an intercession for the conversion of the Jews.

The newly revised text eliminates the reference to blindness, but retains the prayer for the conversion of the Jews....