Thursday, March 15, 2012

Pope, amid protests, renews solidarity with Jews

Pope Benedict XVI, faced with an uproar over a bishop who denies the Holocaust, said Wednesday he feels "full and indisputable solidarity" with Jews and warned against any denial of the full horror of the Nazi genocide.

With his comments, the pope was reaching out to Jews angered by his recent decision to rehabilitate bishop Richard Williamson, who says no Jews were gassed during the Holocaust.

"As I renew my full and indisputable solidarity with our brothers," Benedict said, "I wish that the memory of the Shoah will prompt humanity to reflect on the unpredictable power of evil when it conquers the hearts of men." Shoah is a …

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