The Vatican and the Holocaust  

On March 16, the Vatican Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews released a long-awaited statement, “We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah,” examining the Catholic Church and the Holocaust. Well, not exactly the the Catholic church, as Lenny Bruce …



The Vatican and the Holocaust  

The Vatican statement on the Shoah* addresses two questions: Why didn’t Church authorities speak out against the murder of the European Jews? And is there a relationship between Christian anti-Judaism and Nazi anti-Semitism? It is still unclear why Pope Pius …