Pope compares Ukrainian suffering to World War II Nazi death operation
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis on Wednesday compared the war in Ukraine to a Nazi operation that killed some two million people, mostly Jews, in the first years of World War II. Speaking to Polish pilgrims at his weekly general audience, Francis noted that the Catholic University of Lublin, in Poland, had recently commemorated the anniversary […]
Cold-case investigation names surprise suspect in Anne Frank’s betrayal
Amsterdam, The Netherlands Reuters A six-year cold case investigation into the betrayal of Anne Frank has identified a surprising suspect in the mystery of how the Nazis found the hiding place of the famous diarist in 1944. Anne and seven other Jews were discovered by the Nazis on 4th August of that year, after they […]
Church of England leader apologises for comparing climate change to rise of Nazis
London, UK Reuters Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby apologised on Monday after saying world leaders who fail to act on climate change could be making a bigger mistake than their predecessors who ignored warnings about the rise of the Nazis. Welby, the spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion of about 85 million Christians, speaking […]
Ukraine marks 80th anniversary of mass shootings in Kyiv’s Babyn Yar
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine marked the 80th anniversary on Wednesday of the mass shooting of civilians at the wooded ravine of Babyn Yar in Nazi-occupied Kyiv, one of the biggest single massacres of Jews during the Holocaust. Nazi troops at Babyn Yar gunned down nearly 34,000 Jewish men, women and children on 29th and 30th September, […]
France to return Nazi-looted Klimt to rightful Jewish heirs
AP The French Government announced Monday that it will return a Nazi-looted Gustav Klimt landscape painting to its rightful owners more than 80 years after it was stolen from a Jewish family in Austria in 1938. The colourful 1905 oil work by the Austrian symbolist painter titled Rosebushes under the Trees has been hanging in […]
JEWISH-CATHOLIC RELATIONS: HOPES A GIFT OF PHOTOS FROM A PAPAL CORONATION WILL OPEN A PATH FOR HEALING
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports from the US…
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I read Dietrich Bonheoffer’s biography while staying on a farm. In it I read about the treatment of the Jews in World War II. Later we helped round up the cows and send them to slaughter. The similarities were all too obvious. The Nazis treated people worse than cattle. PICTURE: Ron Dyar/Unsplash. How did this […]
REFORMATION 500: BERLIN EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS HOW NAZIS EXPLOITED MARTIN LUTHER’S LEGACY
EMILY McFARLAN MILLER and TOM HENEGAN, of Religion News Service, report…