Pope visits Auschwitz, begs God to forgive "so much cruelty"
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[Pope visits Auschwitz, begs God to forgive "so much
cruelty" by Frances D'Emilio, Vanessa Gera AP]
"The Argentine-born pontiff made an early morning pilgrimage to the place where
Adolf Hitler's forces killed more than 1 million people, most of them Jews,
during World War II.
Francis entered the camp on foot, walking slowly in
his white robes beneath the notorious gate at Auschwitz that bears the cynical
words "Arbeit Macht Frei (Work sets you free)."
Among the 11 survivors he met briefly was a woman in
her mid-90s who helped deliver babies born to Auschwitz women; another, 101,
played the violin in an orchestra the death camp.
Francis moved on to nearby Birkenau, a sprawling
complex where people were murdered in factory-like fashion in its gas
chambers..." Full text:
Pope visits Auschwitz, begs God to forgive "so much cruelty"
2 Co 2:11,
11:14
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Hitler's Pope: Pope Pius XII
Pope visits Auschwitz, begs God to forgive "so much cruelty"