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Title: Pope gives warning of new rise in anti-Jewish prejudice
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The Irish Times
URL Source: http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/fr ... 05/0820/1981823432HM1POPE.html
Published: Aug 25, 2005
Author: unknown
Post Date: 2005-08-25 23:15:28 by robin
Keywords: anti-Jewish, prejudice, warning
Views: 124
Comments: 11
On an occasion rich with historical undertones, Pope Benedict XVI yesterday visited the synagogue in Cologne, telling his Jewish hosts that the Shoah (Holocaust) had represented "the darkest period of German and European history" and warning of "the rise of new signs of anti-Semitism". Paddy Agnew reports from Cologne. The heavy weight of history, both personal and collective, hung in the air as the Pope issued an emphatic denunciation of the "insane racist ideology" of Nazism. Among those who officially greeted him was the president of the Jewish community, Abraham Lerner, whose elderly mother, present yesterday, still bears the tattooed number given to her in a Nazi concentration camp. More than 11,000 Cologne Jews were sent to their deaths in concentration camps, whil the synagogue was burned down by the Nazis during the Kristallnacht pogrom in 1939, being rebuilt in 1959. Pope Benedict is only the second pontiff to have visited a synagogue, following the visit made to the synagogue in Rome by his predecessor, John Paul II, in 1986. After he had paused for a moment of prayer in front of a memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, the pope was greeted with a long blast on the ancient shofar or ram's horn, which is usually blown to announce an important event. Addressing 500 members of the Jewish community, he started his speech with the words Shalom lechem (Peace Be Unto You). Tracing the history of Christian-Jewish relations in the city, he said: "In the 20th century there was the darkest period of German and European history when an insane racist ideology, born of neo-paganism, gave rise to the planned and systematic attempt by the regime to exterminate European Jewry. The result has passed into history as the Shoah." Recalling the "common roots" and "rich spiritual heritage" shared by Christians and Jews, the Pope spoke of the Catholic Church's duty to condemn all forms of discrimination, whether by race or colour, class or religion and to transmit that teaching to those younger generations who did not witness Nazism and the Holocaust. In that context, he warned against "new signs of anti-Semitism and various forms of a generalised hostility towards foreigners". The Pope also called for "sincere and trustful" dialogue as the only way to resolve disputed historical questions, an apparent reference to bitterly divisive issues such as the alleged silence of Pope Pius XII during the Holocaust. In his only break from his prepared text, the Pope suggested that Jews and Catholics needed to show respect and love for one another in areas of existing differences. When he had finished, he was given a rousing standing ovation. The service then concluded with singing of the blessing, Sim Shalom - "Bless Us Our Father, All of Us as One, with the Light of Your Face". Pope Benedict, who is in Cologne to attend the week-long World Youth Day Catholic festival, has scheduled meetings not only with the Jewish but also with the Protestant and Islamic communities during his four-day stay. These initiatives would appear to follow on from his first homily as Pope, on the day after his election, when he promised to work hard to improve inter-religious and ecumenical relations. Having visited the synagogue in the morning, the Pope met Protestant church leaders last night, reaffirming to them his commitment to "making the recovery of full and visible Christian unity a priority. . ." Later Pope Benedict met Germany's Protestant leaders. He told them he knew many Christians were hopeful of closer ties, and the divisions between them were against God's will. The head of Germany's Protestant Church Council, Bishop Wolfgang Huber, said: "I leave these talks encouraged and confident that we can make a big contribution to ecumenism in Germany.
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#1. To: robin (#0)
Christianity is fast becoming the religion of slavery. Folks who talk of the Bible as the literal word of God are merely admiring it as monument over the grave Western Civilization.
Life is a tragedy to those who feel, and a comedy to those who think.
No mention of the rise in hatred against Muslims or just Arabs in general.
"Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't." - Mark Twain - Victory and Energy cartoon animations.
This is one of the reasons I don't go to church anymore...
In related news, the foreign country founded exclusively for Jews, Israel, cons yet more money out of the American taxpayer (2.2 $Billion this time). American Jews either cheer, laugh & celebrate, or are silent.
Dr. Condoleezza Rice said that the “security of Israel is the key to security of the world.”
Religion is a creation of man, not God. The Prefect God neither creates nor sanctions nonsense. As I wrote in my earlier post, Christianity in its present form has become a religion of slavery, slavery to the Jewish master race. Folks who take the Bible as the literial word of God are merely admiring it as a monument over the grave of Western Civilization.
Life is a tragedy to those who feel, and a comedy to those who think.
So should we assume that by omitting handicap the pope is encourage discrimation for that reason? I somehow doubt that, I guess some people just don't feel the need to turn everything possible into a means to advance their agenda. We should thank the Nazis for giving us all those stark, frightening images. How else we gonna learn not to act like that? On the other hand, monkey see...
Religion has become politics. Perhaps it always was.
Dr. Condoleezza Rice said that the “security of Israel is the key to security of the world.”
Good point. God, unlike Pat Robertson, does not play politics
Life is a tragedy to those who feel, and a comedy to those who think.
After that little exercise, you would think he would show a little backbone. Makes you wonder what cards they really hold.
"Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't." - Mark Twain - Victory and Energy cartoon animations.
Where are the flaming homosexuals when you need them, they were left out too.
We should thank the Nazis for giving us all those stark, frightening images. How else we gonna learn not to act like that? On the other hand, monkey see...
Shoah business...
#2. To: Zoroaster, Eoghan (#1)
#3. To: robin (#2)
“Under this roof are the heads of the family of Rothschild, a name famous in every capital of Europe, and every division of the globe." -Benjamin Disraeli
#4. To: robin, christine, Starwind, Arator (#0)
#5. To: Eoghan (#3)
This is one of the reasons I don't go to church anymore...
#6. To: robin (#0)
the Pope spoke of the Catholic Church's duty to condemn all forms of discrimination, whether by race or colour, class or religion
#7. To: Zoroaster (#5)
#8. To: wbales (#7)
Religion has become politics. Perhaps it always was.
#9. To: Dakmar (#6)
#10. To: robin (#9)
#11. To: Dakmar, robin, Dakmar (#6)
Israel, Vatican repair relations
“Under this roof are the heads of the family of Rothschild, a name famous in every capital of Europe, and every division of the globe." -Benjamin Disraeli
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