The Vatican - 10 March 2011 1. '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 2. Three large displays of the Pope's book 3. Nun buying books at the counter 4. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Rev. Giuseppe Costa, Director of the Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Vatican publishing house: "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." 5. People paying for books, with the Pope's book on display in the foreground 6. Pope's book on display 7. Wide exterior of St Peter's Basilica 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Marco Politi, Vatican correspondent for Italian daily 'Il Fatto quotidiano:' "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)." 9. Set up shot of Rev. Joseph Fessio, editor and founder of Ignatius Press which publishes the Pope's book in English: 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Rev. Joseph Fessio, editor and founder of Ignatius Press which publishes the pope book in English: "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." 11. Close of Fessio's hands holding the English version of the Pope's book The Vatican - 9 March 2011 12. Pope walking in procession at Ash Wednesday celebration 13. Exterior of church 13. Pope entering Sant'Anselmo Church STORYLINE: In 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. Benedict also rejects the idea of Jesus as a political revolutionary and insists that violent revolution must never be carried out in God's name. The 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. Part 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. The book, with its distinctive red and white cover, was on display in the Vatican bookshop, near St Peter's Square on Thursday. In it, Benedict affirms that the centuries of mistrust of Christians toward Jews was deeply misplaced. While 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. "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. "The Holy Father underlines it, blaming responsibility for this onto the leaders of the time." Benedict has been speaking out frequently to denounce religiously-motivated violence against Christians in the Middle East, Pakistan and elsewhere. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/f2d37b33dfd4ddf92b87e988562606e8 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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