The German Pope and the chosen people

The Vatican came out with a statement that seemed strange and troublesome at the same time. It said that the Jewish people were not the chosen people and that verses from scripture could not justify occupying someone else’s land .
Well that’s terrific .
Basic Catholic belief took a hit when Israel came into existence as this could not be happening according to Christianity. But it did and it has and continues to be. This Christian aberration continues to clash with whatever principle doctrines that are left in the church. Now we can understand the background to the latest statement coming from the Vatican.
It is also interesting to note that of all institutions in the world one might expect the Vatican to lend credence to verses in the old testament. The ever evolving church apparently lends credence to very little other than some vague rules on celibacy homosexuality and some church rites.
The fact is that many more devout do lend credence to those verses that proclaim the holy land belongs to the descendents of Abraham and that in fact the Jews belong in the land of Israel. The growing irrelevancy of statements from the Vatican should worry the church more than Israel.