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A Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) leadership delegation met in Jerusalem on Tuesday with His Excellency Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana, Apostolic Nuncio to Israel.
CAM was represented by Advisory Board Chair Natan Sharansky, Board of Governors Member Brig. Gen. (Res.) Sima Vaknin Gill, CEO Sacha Roytman, COO Yigal Nisell, and Director of European Affairs Oriana Marie Krüger.
The discussion focused on Jewish-Catholic relations and potential avenues of collaboration between CAM and the Vatican.
“It was an honor to meet His Excellency Archbishop Adolfo Tito Camacho Yllana, Apostolic Nuncio to Israel and Cyprus, today and discuss the role of the Catholic Church in combating antisemitism, especially since October 7, as Judeo-Christian values have been under attack worldwide,” Roytman tweeted afterward. “The Archbishop reiterated the Pope’s commitment to supporting the Jewish people and made it clear that an attack on Jews is an attack on all humanity.”
It was an honor to meet His Excellency Archbishop Adolfo Tito Camacho Yllana, Apostolic Nuncio to Israel and Cyprus, today and discuss the role of the Catholic Church in combating antisemitism, especially since October 7, as Judeo-Christian values have been under attack… pic.twitter.com/48386UikO2
— Sacha Roytman (@SachaRoytman) March 5, 2024
Last year, Archbishop Yllana participated in a special digital event hosted by CAM honoring late “Righteous Among the Nations” hero Monsignor Giuseppe Placido Nicolini, the Bishop of Assisi who helped save hundreds of Jewish lives during the Holocaust.
“Each one must be our brother’s keeper, and act accordingly,” Archbishop Yllana said in his remarks at the event. “The Catholic Church condemns and combats antisemitism in all of its forms and is totally committed in fighting it as one of mankind’s oldest, most pernicious and most destructive forms of bigotry and hate.”
Israel and the Vatican recently celebrated 30 years of official diplomatic ties, which were established in December 1993.
