The chief rabbi of Rome received a special invitation from Pope Francis to attend a special mass on March 19.VINNews article. Normally, a Jew is not even allowed to visit a church, much less a religious service. But the Pope is a head of state, and the leader of the world's largest Christian movement, raising the issue of kavod hamalkus. Also, the rabbi would be going in an official capacity to promote good Jewish-Catholic relations. Do those facts give the rabbi a basis for going? What halachic theory can he rely upon?
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