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Pope Benedict XVI:Remember the Shoah and respect every person
January 27th, 2010"Sixty years ago, on January 27, 1945, the gates of the Nazi concentration camp in the Polish city of Oswiecim, known by its German name of Auschwitz, were opened, and the few remaining survivors were liberated. That event and the testimonies of survivors revealed to the world the horror of crimes of unprecedented cruelty, committed in the extermination camps established by Nazi Germany. Today, we celebrate the "Day of Remembrance" in memory of all victims of these crimes, especially of the planned annihilation of the Jews, and in honor of those who, risking their lives, protected the persecuted and opposed the murderous madness. With deep emotion we think of the countless victims of blind racial hate ...
Archbishop Dolan on the situation in Haiti:
January 13, 2010Our Rome bureau chief, John Thavis, tonight interviewed the chairman of Catholic Relief Services, Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York, about the situation in Haiti. Archbishop Dolan was in Rome for celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of the North American College, the U.S. national seminary.
