(1) The Catholic-Jewish organization referenced here is the Angelo Roncalli Committee of the Raoul Wallenberg Foundation.
Angelo Roncalli was the birth name of Blessed Pope John XXIII.
This Committee is endorsed by the Vatican and I believe that the Pope traditionally sends messages of support to their annual meeting.
(2) The Vatican is currently negotiating details of its 1993 Fundamental Agreement with Medinat Yisrael regarding the status of the Church in Israel.
The Israeli diplomat assigned to the Vatican, the appropriately-named Oded Ben Hur, has made several comments recently about how sympathetic the Vatican is to Israel's current plight and how constructive and cordial the discussions are.
Thanks for the background on the organization.