The visit of the Chief Rabbi to the Vatican, organised by the Woolf Institute in Cambridge and the Vatican's Cardinal Bea Centre, provided an opportunity to regain momentum in Jewish-Catholic relations at the highest level.

Towards the end of the audience, the Chief Rabbi and the Pope spoke privately. He described this tete-a-tete as "a meeting of minds and a beautiful moment".

Read Dr Edward Kessler's account of the meeting in this week's JC: http://www.thejc.com/comment-and-debate/analysis/60367/it-was-a-meeting-...

and this week's Tablet: http://www.thetablet.co.uk/article/162125