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German Chancellor Merkel says Pope must reject Holocaust denial

February 03, 2009

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has called upon Pope Benedict XVI to issue a clear statement of opposition to Holocaust denial, in response to the furor roused by the views of Bishop Richard Williamson.

At his public audience last Wednesday, the Holy Father said: "May the Shoah be for everyone an admonition against oblivion, negation and reductionism, because violence against a single human being is violence against all."

 

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Saturday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria, Priest; Opt Mem of St. Elizabeth of Portugal (USA)

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Today is the Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria (1502-1539), who was the founder of the Clerks Regular of St. Paul, later called the Barnabites from the name of their principal church in Rome. He also founded a congregation of nuns, the Angelic Sisters of Saint Paul. St. Anthony was a great…

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