| ID | 100684 |
| Title Proper | Pope Benedict XVI within the context of Israel and Holy See relations |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Lewy, Mordechay |
| Publication | 2010. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The pontificate of Benedict XVI is undoubtedly shaped by his personality as a profound thinker and one who is much more a philosopher than a politician. Management seems not to be his trade. With his intellectual mind he shuns anything that smells of populism. The mass media has an inherent difficulty in placing him within their traditional parameters. The paradigm of Pope Benedict can serve as a microcosm that reflects the complexity imprinted on relations between Israel and the Holy See. Any effort to simplify those relations according to the vocabulary of conventional bilateral relations may do injustice to their essence. |
| `In' analytical Note | Israel Affairs Vol. 16, No. 4; Oct 2010: p562-578 |
| Key Words | Benedict XVI ; Catholic ; Holy Land ; Holy See ; Israel ; Jerusalem ; Jews ; Nostra Aetate ; Vatican ; Zionism |