Jewish leader asks Vatican to confirm Passion stance

A Jewish leader met with Vatican officials to ask them to publicly restate church teachings on Jesus’ crucifixion, saying Mel Gibson’s film, The Passion of the Christ, contradicts the Roman Catholic Church’s repudiation of the charge that the Jews killed Jesus.

A top Vatican official who met with Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, said that no such statement was planned.