Allies should have bombed rails to Nazi death camps, Pope says
June 22, 2015
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Pope Francis criticized the world's "great powers" for failing to curb the Nazi Holocaust during World War II.
In off-the-cuff remarks during a visit to Turin, the Pope said that the Allies were aware of the Nazi extermination camps, and should have bombed the railways leading to those killing centers. He remarked that many thousands of Christians also perished in the camps, as well as other minorities such as homosexuals and gypsies.
Pope Francis also complained that after the war, the victorious Allies "divided up Europe like a cake," causing future instability. He charged that policies were set not to secure a lasting peace but to pursue immediate economic interests.
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Posted by: brenda22890 -
Jun. 24, 2015 11:00 AM ET USA
I suppose there is some comfort in the fact that St. Peter also blustered before thinking, but really, this is why it is so difficult to treat anything this Pope says with much attention.
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Posted by: rbole0745 -
Jun. 22, 2015 11:45 PM ET USA
I don't get it. Here the Pope says the Allies were negligent because they did not bomb the area around the concentration camps (accuracy back then would have almost inevitably hit the camps and killed many of the prisoners). And he also stated that the people who make ammunition should not even call themselves Christians. Where does the Pope think bombs come from? I fear he does not understand why we believe in self-defense and that we do agonize to be sure we follow the "Just War" theory.
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Posted by: bernie4871 -
Jun. 22, 2015 9:50 PM ET USA
Sometimes he says things that leave me utterly slackjawed. But of course it is just the way the press reports his words, isn't it?
