The “Pope’s Rabbi” is coming to town

Save the date, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022 at 3 p.m.

By Richard Price, Catholic-Jewish Dialogue member

The Catholic-Jewish Dialogue of Collier County proudly presents Rabbi Abraham Skorka, who will describe his 25-year “deep and sincere friendship” with Jorge Bergolio, the former archbishop of Buenos Aires, who is now Pope Francis.

This friendship, which continues to this day, began a dialogue that became an important component of both their personal lives and responsibilities as clergy. They collaborated in writing a book and engaged in 31 TV discussions.

Rabbi Abraham Skorka

According to Rabbi Skorka, “Our personal dialogues had taken on the mission of spreading a culture of dialogue throughout society in as many ways as possible.”

This program is brought to you by the Catholic-Jewish Dialogue of Collier County and the Diocese of Venice in Florida.

The event will be in the ballroom of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church at 3 p.m. The ballroom is in the building directly behind the church, which is located at 625 111th Avenue N. in Naples.

Join us on Sunday, Feb. 20 at 3 p.m. The doors will open at 2:30 p.m. All are invited to purchase $18 tickets at www.jewishnaples.org. If seats remain available on the day of the program, tickets will be sold at the door for $25 each.