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Jews angry over sainthood for Jew-turned-Catholic nun
October 11, 1998
Web posted at: 1:14 a.m. EDT (0514 GMT)
ROME (CNN) -- A ceremony Sunday in St. Peter's Basilica in
Rome will elevate to sainthood a German-born Jew who
converted to Catholicism.
Controversy over the canonization of Edith Stein, an Orthodox
Jew who became a Roman Catholic nun, comes as Pope John Paul
II tries to move the Vatican toward reconciliation with Jews.
CNN's Rome Bureau Chief Gayle Young has this report on the
dispute.
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