World Jewish Congress, Pope Francis meet on eve of Jewish New Year

(c) Catholic News Service/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters

Pope Francis was set to receive a delegation of 40 world Jewish leaders at his residence in Rome on Wednesday evening in honor of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year.

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder, Latin American Jewish Congress President Jack Terpins, WJC Treasurer Chella Safra and a number of Jewish community heads and senior WJC officials will be at the Vatican.

"We want to share with the pope our message of peace and prosperity for the New Year," said Claudio Epelman, executive director of the LAJC and the WJC official in charge of relations with the Vatican.