As a rabbi, he worked on Jewish-Catholic relations. Now the pope is knighting him.
Rabbi A. James Rudin, right, meets Pope John Paul II at World Youth Day in Denver in 1993. Photo courtesy of Rudin
(RNS) — A Reform rabbi and a longtime columnist for Religion News Service, James Rudin has met with popes, presidents and world-famous evangelists in his efforts to improve Jewish-Christian relations.