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Excerpts from the Pope's Speech at Yad Vashem
Pope Benedict XVI visits Yad Vashem Memorial, Jerusalem
“I will give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name … I will give them an everlasting name which shall not be cut off” (Is 56:5).
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Categories: ethics, Holocaust Related Issues, Interfaith Dialogue, Israel, Jewish History, Political Commentaries
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Journey through the Looking-glass: Pope Benedict XVI's Interfaith Encounter in the Holy Land
One of the most interesting aspects of the Pope’s recent visit to Israel was the interfaith group that met with the Pope to discuss important issues and challenges that Jews, Christians and Muslims face as a faith community. Despite the good intentions of the forum’s organizers, the Pope’s desire to act as a facilitator for religious tolerance found some explosive road-blocks along the way, as they met at the holy ...
Categories: Current Events, ethics, Holocaust Related Issues, Interfaith Dialogue, Israel, judaism, Political Commentaries
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Pope Pius XII and the Chief Rabbi of Rome
Pope Pius XII cannot win with certain kinds of people. No matter how many people he saved, someone will always say, “So, nu, only 850,000 Jews? Why didn’t he save two million Jews?” Even if the Pope had saved two million, someone would say, “Nu, only two million? Why not four million?”
If the mighty European nations couldn’t stop Hitler, how could ...
Categories: Current Events, ethics, Holocaust Related Issues, Interfaith Dialogue, Jewish History
Tags: Pope Pius XII and the Chief Rabbi of Rome, The legacy of Pope Pius XII, The Myth of "Hitler's Pope"