Speaking Of Nazis

[theculturewarrior]

[url="http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0311/articles/rhonheimer.html"]http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0311...rhonheimer.html[/url]

above is a link to an article written by an Opus Dei priest who happened to have Jewish roots. I think these two factors give him special credebility in what he writes. The article is about anti-Semitism and Catholicism in WWII Europe. It's not an easy read, but do take a look at it before responding, even if you don't make it all the way to the bottom. (I didn't).

Bendiciones!

[cmotherofpirl]

I have read this before.

In the EWTN special Silence at assisi it points out when the Catholic Church made a protest, the german government gassed 40,000 more jews in retaliation.
It also points out that the Bishop had so many jews hiding in his house, that he slept on the floor in the corner of his study, the only free spot left in the house.

How brave would we have been?

[MorphRC]

[quote]It is of course not even remotely true to say that there was a positive intention not to help the Jews. [b]It would be false, indeed slanderous, to claim that the Church deliberately delivered the Jews to their Nazi executioners[/b]. [b]Nor can anyone claim that there was no desire, at least on the part of the Holy See, to help the Jews[/b]. As the London Jewish Chronicle reported on May 12, 1933, the Pope had recently met a delegation of Jewish leaders, including his [b]personal friend Rabbi da Fano[/b]. “It is understood,” the paper wrote, “that the Pope was extremely concerned about the sufferings imposed on the Jews in Germany.”[/quote]

Great Article. ** Didnt make it all the way through **