Benedict XVI sits on a wooden chair under the shadow of the the menorah, a seven branched Jewish candelabra. He is awaiting permission to address the audience during his visit to the Cologne synagogue on August 19, 2005

Below, he passes a second menorah as he advances to the podium.

This is symbolic of the new direction regarding Judaism taken by the Conciliar Church
that strayed from the Catholic Magisterium and Tradition.

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