On this day in 1965, the Vatican II’s “Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions,” also known as “Nostra Aetate,” was promulgated by the council—despite surprises, shocks and setbacks along the way.

Susanne M. Batsdorff, niece of Edith Stein, reflects on Catholic-Jewish dialogue on the occasion of Stein's canonization in 1998.