Tag: Holocaust

WILMINGTON — Although he experienced these atrocities nearly 80 years ago, Jan Rocek was able to describe in some detail the experience of himself...

As I stood at the bars of the chilling confines of St. Maximilian Kolbe‘s cell within the walls of Auschwitz, I couldn’t help but...

By Kenneth Craycraft "Night" by Elie Wiesel Hill and Wang Publishing 120 pages, $6.50 In the early spring of 1945, as the end of World War II in...

JERUSALEM-- When the raging ocean finally spit young Regine Canetti out, lifting her up a huge wave onto the thorny coast of the Turkish...

PHILADELPHIA -- A March 1 Russian military strike on the capital of Ukraine damaged the site of one of World War II's largest massacres...

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia -- The violence of the Holocaust and the atrocities committed against the Jewish people are tantamount to blasphemy, Pope Francis said. "The divine...

HAIFA, Israel — One recent morning, Dr. Maher Haddad discussed dentures with 88-year-old Moshe Bar Haim; sprinkled in the Hebrew conversation were words and...

VATICAN CITY  -- Remembering the Holocaust and its victims is not only an act of solidarity but also serves as a warning to humanity...

Sunday Scripture readings, Nov. 15, 2020 Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time 1) Prv 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 Psalm 128:1-5 2) 1 Thes 5:1-6 Gospel: Mt 25:14-30 We have a measure of...

When Germany surrendered to Allied Forces May 7, 1945, Catholics saw a nation and their church shattered. Adolf Hitler’s destructive reign had turned many Germans...