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Pope: Remembering the Holocaust reminds people hatred is never justified

Pope Francis highlighted the importance of remembering and condemning the horror of the Holocaust, underlining that hatred and violence can never be justified.

Cardinal Cupich calls on all people to stand up against antisemitism

Cardinal Cupich spoke at the Illinois Holocaust Museum Humanitarian Awards Dinner March 7, calling all people to work together to stop hateful speech and actions.

Horrors of Holocaust must not be forgotten, pope tells Slovak Jews

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

Cardinal, Holocaust survivor on dangers of hateful rhetoric

Cardinal Cupich, Holocaust survivor Fritzie Fritzshall and ABC7 news anchor Alan Krashesky came together Nov. 18 at Loyola Academy in Wilmette to talk about their July visit to Auschwitz and make the point that the horror of the Holocaust started with hateful rhetoric.

Words matter

Earlier this month, I visited Auschwitz with Fritzie Fritzshall, president of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie — and a survivor of the Nazi death camp.

Words matter

Earlier this month, I visited Auschwitz with Fritzie Fritzshall, president of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie — and a survivor of the Nazi death camp.

Archival find at Catholic University leads to Kristallnacht remembrance

Jews worldwide will remember the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht. In a direct German translation, it means "Crystal Night," but it is more commonly thought of as "Night of Broken Glass," as Nazis and their sympathizers rampaged through Nazi Germany — which by this time had absorbed Austria and the Sudetenland — the night of Nov. 9-10, 1938.

Finding the graves of 1 million Jews

Time is running out to find the more than 1 million Jews and Roma people buried in mass graves who were killed during World War II. At the same time, mass graves are turning up in ISIS strongholds across the Middle East. That is the news French priest Father Patrick Desbois shared in an interview during a recent trip to Chicago.

Rabbi: Pope’s silence at Auschwitz gave voice to victims

On the eve of Shabbat, July 29, Pope Francis went to Auschwitz. Auschwitz was the third stage in ...

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