Proselytization and counter-proselytization of Jews Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Catholic Church=== The [[Catholic Church]] has historically been [[History of Jewish conversion to Christianity|instrumental in its attempt to convert Jews]]. Such examples include [[converso|conversos]] during the [[Inquisition]], especially within Spain. However, since the [[Second Vatican Council]] and the production of the document [[Nostra aetate]], the Catholic Church's attitude towards Jewish conversion has been that of condemnation. [[Pope Francis]] has made explicit bans on conversion attempts, stating "In concrete terms this means that the Catholic Church neither conducts nor supports any specific institutional mission work directed towards Jews," equating such attempts to [[Antisemitism|antisemitism]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pullella |first1=Philip |title=Vatican says Catholics should not try to convert Jews, should fight anti-semitism |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-pope-jews/vatican-says-catholics-should-not-try-to-convert-jews-should-fight-anti-semitism-idUKKBN0TT19O20151210 |website=Reuters |access-date=27 October 2023}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page