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Longtime Rome rabbi who welcomed John Paul II dies at 99

Monday, April 20, 2015 by Unknown

FILE -- In this March 16, 1998, Italy's Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff adjusts his yarmulke during a press conference in Rome. Elio Toaff died in Rome, Sunday, April 19 2015 at the age of 99, ANSA Italian news agency reported. (AP Photo/Mario Cassetta)ROME (AP) — Elio Toaff, the longtime chief rabbi of Rome who helped set Judaism and the Catholic Church on the path to reconciliation after centuries of distrust, has died. He was 99.




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