Articles on this issue "holocaust"
Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI gave Sunday, before and after praying the midday Angelus with those gathered in St. Peter's Square. * * * Dear brothers and sisters! Today’s …
read moreCardinal Elia Angelo Dalla Costa, Archbishop of Florence, has been recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by the Yad Vashem organization. Cardinal Dalla Costa was recognized for his role in …
read moreClaims that the Church and Pope Pius XII failed to help Jews during World War II are simply false, says the Israeli ambassador to the Holy See, Mordechay Lewy. The envoy declared this today …
read moreAfter talking by telephone today, Benedict XVI and the German chancellor say they share a common view of the tragedy of the Holocaust. Angela Merkel requested to speak with the Pope about the …
read moreThe International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation is launching an appeal for information regarding Italian citizens who saved persecuted people during World War II. The New York-based foundation, …
read moreIt is a morally grave matter when a priest or bishop, in communion or not with the Church, denies the Holocaust and the extermination of millions of Jews at the hands of the Nazis, says the …
read moreEurope should not forget the tragedy instigated by the Nazi regime, but rather ensure that history does not repeat itself, says a Vatican official. Archbishop Jean-Louis Bruguès, secretary of …
read moreA New York-based organization will bring a group of Jewish Holocaust survivors to visit Benedict XVI next week. They want to personally thank the Pope for the Church's intervention in saving …
read moreBenedict XVI commemorated the 100th anniversary of the birth of an Italian Catholic who was murdered by Nazis after saving the lives of numerous Jews. The Pope said that Odoardo Focherini is …
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