Dialogue Document
Reflections on the Millennium (1998)
Reflections on the Millennium: A Statement by Delegates of the National Council of Synagogues and the Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, May 5, 1998
"The turn of the millennium in the year 2000 is increasingly the focus of social and religious currents in virtually every facet of contemporary culture. From the most secular to the most religiously serious, themes of introspection, intergroup reconciliation, and idealistic aspirations for peace, justice, and environmental concern are manifest, and are to be encouraged.
We speak as Jews and Christians who have benefited from the dialogue that has marked the last thirty years since the Second Vatican Council. We speak at the end of a Century that Pope John Paul II has called "the Century of the Shoah." Because of our dialogue and commitment to continuing it, we can look forward to the next century with greater hope and confidence than might have been thought possible just a generation ago."