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Theresa Civantos Barber

Pope’s powerful message for Holocaust Remembrance Day

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Vatican investigating Swiss Guard accused of anti-Semitism

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Leo XIV sends Jewish community of Rome holiday message

GINO BARTALI

Daniel Esparza

The Carmelite cyclist who defied the Nazis

Rudolf Höss, the Commandant of Auschwitz

John Burger

Grandson of the “Commandant of Auschwitz” is Bible preacher

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Camille Dalmas

Catholic hero to be honored at start of the Tour de France

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Caitlin Bootsma

Meet the heroic family who defied the Nazis during WWII

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US bishops to place memo on antisemitism in parish missals

in the Vatican Gardens, a Grafted Apple Tree by the blessed Józef Ulma.

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Tree in the Vatican honors the Ulma family’s “gift of life”

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Anna Kurian

She inspired Benedict XVI: Vatican remembers Etty Hillesum

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John Touhey

Etty Hillesum still speaks to us 80 years after her death

Cesare Orsenigo, Pius XII's nuncio to Germany throughout World War II, with Hitler and Joachim von Ribbentrop.

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<strong>The Church of Pius XII after World War II: a mixed legacy</strong>

Pope Pius XII writes one of his wartime Christmas radio messages using a typewriter at the Vatican in this undated photo.

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Conference considers new insights into the “silence” of Pius XII

The researchers who studied a new document on Jews who were sheltered in Catholic congregations during the Holocaust. From the left : Paul Oberholzer (Gregorian University), Iael Nidam-Orvieto (Director of the International Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad Vashem), Silvia Haia Antonucci (Historical Archives of the Jewish Community of Rome), Grazia Loparco (Pontifical Faculty of Educational Sciences Auxilium), Claudio Procaccia (Director of the Cultural Department of the Jewish Community of Rome), Dominik Markl (Pontifical Biblical Institute and University of Innsbruck).

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Lost list rediscovered: Names 3,200 Jews sheltered in Rome during WWII

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John Burger

Rabbinical school teams with Vatican to examine Hebrew manuscripts

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John Burger

The Jewish POW who made a crucifix to honor a priest

Girls hugging with Israeli and American flags

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Survey: Catholics unlikely to hold antisemitic sentiments

Abrahamic Family House, United Arab Emirates

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Abrahamic Family House: Interfaith unity in the Middle East

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Anna Kurian

Pius XII’s archives on Holocaust are fully available in digital format

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Terror attack in Jerusalem synagogue leaves 7 dead, more injured

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The millionaire beauty entrepreneur becoming a priest

The millionaire beauty entrepreneur becoming a priest

Cardinal: Leo XIV is a unifier, but will surprise us

Cardinal: Leo XIV is a unifier, but will surprise us

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Did you know you can live with some religious orders?

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Why Bruno Mars’ simple prayer struck such a chord

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What does the word “Paraclete” mean in the Bible?

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Pope Leo sees the recurring miracle of Naples

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