Pope Benedict XVI has sent a telegram to Riccardo DiSegni, chief rabbi of Rome, for the Jewish festivities of Rosh Hashanah 5771 (New Year), Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), and Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles), all of which fall in the month of September, according to the Vatican Information Service (VIS) blog.
The Pope writes, "It is my pleasure to express the most cordial and sincere best wishes to you and the entire Jewish community of Rome, together with the hope that these festivities may bring copious blessings from the Eternal One and be a source of intimate joy."
He added, "May we feel a growing desire to promote justice and peace, of which the world today has such need."
The Pope concluded, "May God, in His goodness, protect the entire community and enable it to develop in shared friendship, both in Rome and in the world."
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