CSDC 536

In the common tradition of the Old Testament, the Catholic Church is able to engage in dialogue with her Jewish brothers and sisters, which she does also through her social doctrine, in order to build together a future of justice and peace for all people, as sons and daughters of the one God. This common spiritual heritage fosters mutual knowledge and reciprocal esteem¹¹³³ Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Declaration Nostra Aetate, 4: AAS 58AAS — Acta Apostolicae Sedis (official gazette of the Holy See)Volume 58 (1966) at vatican.va — scanned PDF (1966), 742-743., on the basis of which broader agreement can be reached concerning the elimination of all forms of discrimination and the defence of human dignity.