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'Jesus of Nazareth,' the new book by Pope Benedict XVI, on display in the Vatican's bookshop, with large poster of the Pope in the background2. Three large displays of the Pope's book3. Nun buying books at...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eThe Vatican - 10 March 2011\u003cbr/\u003e1. 'Jesus of Nazareth,' the new book by Pope Benedict XVI, on display in the Vatican's bookshop, with large poster of the Pope in the background\u003cbr/\u003e2. Three large displays of the Pope's book\u003cbr/\u003e3. Nun buying books at the counter\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Rev. Giuseppe Costa, Director of the Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Vatican publishing house: \u003cbr/\u003e\"That blaming a whole people with the accusation of having killed God is wrong is already known in the Catholic Church. The Holy Father underlines it, blaming responsibility for this on the leaders of the time.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. People paying for books, with the Pope's book on display in the foreground\u003cbr/\u003e6. Pope's book on display\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide exterior of St Peter's Basilica\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) Marco Politi, Vatican correspondent for Italian daily  'Il Fatto quotidiano:'\u003cbr/\u003e\"These words of Benedict XVI (on the Jews) were especially important after the great crisis which had exploded between the Catholic Church and Jewish public opinion in the year 2009 when the Pope decided to cancel the excommunication of four Lefebvrian bishops and one of these bishops was Williamson, a notorious anti-semite and negationist of the Shoah (Holocaust).\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. Set up shot of Rev. Joseph Fessio, editor and founder of Ignatius Press which publishes the Pope's book in English:\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (English) Rev. Joseph Fessio, editor and founder of Ignatius Press which publishes the pope book in English:\u003cbr/\u003e\"He (the Pope) does make it clear in this book that Jesus is not a revolutionary and religious violence is something that should never be justified. He doesn't speak of Islam in this book, but in that reference I think there is an indirect pointing of the finger at fundamentalist religious fanatics.\" \u003cbr/\u003e11. Close of Fessio's hands holding the English version of the Pope's book\u003cbr/\u003eThe Vatican - 9 March 2011\u003cbr/\u003e12. Pope walking in procession at Ash Wednesday celebration\u003cbr/\u003e13. Exterior of church\u003cbr/\u003e13. Pope entering Sant'Anselmo Church \u003cbr/\u003eIn the second book of a planned trilogy on Jesus, Pope Benedict XVI  concluded that only a few Jewish leaders and their supporters were responsible for Jesus Christ's death on the Cross, and not the Jews as a people.  \u003cbr/\u003eBenedict also rejects the idea of Jesus as a political revolutionary and insists that violent revolution must never be carried out in God's name.\u003cbr/\u003eThe book - \"Jesus of Nazareth - Holy Week: From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection,\" was published on Thursday amid great fanfare at the start of Lent.\u003cbr/\u003ePart I, which covered Jesus' early ministry, shot to the top of the best-seller lists in Italy when it was published in 2007 and already, 1.2 (m) million copies of Part II have been printed in seven languages, and reprints of 100,000 more are planned for the Italian editions and 50,000 in German.\u003cbr/\u003eThe book, with its distinctive red and white cover, was on display in the Vatican bookshop, near St Peter's Square on Thursday.\u003cbr/\u003eIn it, Benedict affirms that the centuries of mistrust of Christians toward Jews was deeply misplaced.\u003cbr/\u003eWhile the Catholic Church has been teaching that for nearly 50 years, the fact that the Pope said it so authoritatively prompted praise from major Jewish groups and a thank you note from Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu.\u003cbr/\u003e\"That blaming a whole people with the accusation of having killed God is wrong is already known in the Catholic Church,\" said the Rev. Giuseppe Costa, Director of the Libreria Editrice Vaticana, the Vatican publishing house, which publishes the book in Italian.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The Holy Father underlines it, blaming responsibility for this onto the leaders of the time.\"\u003cbr/\u003eBenedict also asserts that the Catholic Church shouldn't concern itself now with trying to convert Jews, though he stresses the need for all Christians to \"visibly\" unite - a veiled call for other Christians to convert to Catholicism.\u003cbr/\u003eThe acknowledgment that Jews are in a special category as far as conversion goes is significant given that Benedict in 2007 irked some Jewish leaders when he allowed for a prayer for the conversion of Jews to be celebrated more widely in some traditional Good Friday services.\u003cbr/\u003e\"These words of Benedict XVI (on the Jews) were especially important after the great crisis which had exploded between the Catholic church and Jewish public opinion in 2009 when the Pope decided to cancel the excommunication of four Lefebvrian bishops and one of these bishops was Williamson, a notorious anti-semite and negationist of the Shoah (Holocaust),\" Vatican analyst Marco Politi said.\u003cbr/\u003eBenedict also insists that Jesus never advocated violent revolution as some liberation theologians have suggested, saying violence was not his way, no matter how valid the motivation. \u003cbr/\u003eBenedict has been speaking out frequently to denounce religiously-motivated violence against Christians in the Middle East, Pakistan and elsewhere. \u003cbr/\u003e\"The cruel consequences of religiously motivated violence are only too evident to us all,\" he noted in the book.\u003cbr/\u003e\"He (the Pope) does make it clear in this book that Jesus is not a revolutionary and religious violence is something that should never be justified,\" said the Rev. Joseph Fessio, editor and founder of Ignatius Press, which publishes the Pope's book in English.\u003cbr/\u003e\"He doesn't speak of Islam in this book, but in that reference I think there is an indirect pointing of the finger at fundamentalist religious fanatics.\" \u003cbr/\u003eBenedict gives a chronological account of Jesus' final days, citing Gospel accounts and scholarly commentaries. \u003cbr/\u003eHe said his aim wasn't to make a purely historical or faith-based analysis, but rather a  combination that would allow for the reader to experience a \"personal relationship with Jesus.\"\u003cbr/\u003e\"Even if there will always be details that remain open for discussion, I still hope that I have been granted an insight into the figure of our Lord that can be helpful to all readers who seek to encounter Jesus and to believe in him,\" Benedict wrote.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Vatican and its foreign language publishers have gone to remarkable lengths to promote the new book, coordinating the 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