(21 Apr 2025)
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Rome, Italy – 21 April 2025
1. Close up of synagogue facade with Hebrew inscriptions
2. Various of Rome Chief Rabbi, Riccardo Shemuel Di Segni talking to another man
3. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Riccardo Shemuel Di Segni, Rome’s Chief Rabbi:
"The Jewish community joins the grief of the Catholic world and the Italian nation in general for the sudden and unexpected passing of this Pope. A Pope to whom it (the Jewish community) has somehow remained connected for many events, on the many occasions we had to meet."
4. Wide of people entering synagogue as part of the Jewish community’s response to the Pope’s death
5. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Riccardo Shemuel Di Segni, Rome’s Chief Rabbi:
"Here behind we have the synagogue and Pope Francis was the third pope to visit this synagogue and, unlike his predecessors, he did it in his own style. He wanted to take a zigzag entrance path, in fact we had to arrange all the sessions so that he could shake hands with everyone who was here to greet him. It was a completely different way of approaching the public that wanted to establish a particular relationship of empathy and friendship."
6. Close of Star of David symbol on synagogue
7. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Riccardo Shemuel Di Segni, Rome’s Chief Rabbi:
"I found out at 10 o’clock, a friend called me, and my reaction was, is it true? Because there had been really uncontrolled news about his health previously, from someone who wanted to anticipate the time in an unwise way, and therefore it was a surprise because I would have never expected it. And also because, ultimately, his presence at public events these days wanted to be a demonstration, as if to say, ‘you see, I made it’."
8. Various of synagogue and people walking past
STORYLINE:
Rome’s Chief Rabbi, Riccardo Shemuel Di Segni, said the Jewish community "joins the grief of the Catholic world and the Italian nation" over the death of Pope Francis.
Pope Francis became the third pope to visit the Great Synagogue of Rome in 2016, marking the 50th anniversary of "Nostra Aetate," the Vatican II document that reshaped Catholic teaching about Jews and Judaism.
Rabbi Di Segni said Francis made the visit "in his own style."
"He wanted to take a zigzag entrance path, in fact we had to arrange all the sessions so that he could shake hands with everyone who was here to greet him," he said.
"It was a completely different way of approaching the public that wanted to establish a particular relationship of empathy and friendship," he added.
During his visit, he called for Catholics and Jews to strengthen their shared commitment to peace and justice, and he paid tribute to the victims of the Holocaust and anti-Jewish violence in Rome.
Production by Maria Grazia Murru
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