When two become one: Marriage, separated from procreation, loses it meaning

From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette- (David Zubik, Roman Catholic Bishop of Pittsburgh)

It's no secret that Rabbi Aaron Bisno of Rodef Shalom Congregation in Oakland, his wife, Michelle, and I are very good friends. (For proof, check the front page of this week's Pittsburgh Catholic.)

We have traveled to Rome and the Holy Land together. Each year, Rabbi Bisno comes to the Christmas Eve Mass at Saint Paul Cathedral. Each year, I go to Rodef Shalom to commemorate the Jewish High Holy Day, Yom Kippur. We have shared everything from good meals to even better conversation. We trust each other with our struggles and our joys.

We both realize that, while our friendship is personal, it also means more than that. Publicly representing the Jewish and Catholic communities, our friendship is within a much larger context. We have been able to use our friendship to further enhance Jewish and Catholic relations in Pittsburgh, while working together, we hope, for the good of the whole community of southwestern Pennsylvania.

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