Everyone knows about Marian apparitions. Even in the minds of non-Catholics and nonbelievers, the names of Lourdes, Fátima, and Guadalupe are virtually synonymous with the Blessed Virgin Mary. Cotignac, in southeastern France, is a name […]
Pope Pius XII is a towering figure in the history of the Church, as well as global politics, in the twentieth century. His papacy lasted from 1939 to 1958, so he was pope during the […]
Wiktoria Ulma with six of her children. / The Ulma Family Museum of Poles Saving Jews in World War II.
Rome Newsroom, Feb 15, 2023 / 04:00 am (CNA).
The beatification date has been announced for Józef and Wiktoria Ulma and their seven children,… […]
Two substantial new historical studies of Pope Pius XII’s response to the Jewish Holocaust reach sharply opposed conclusions. Not surprisingly, it’s the negative criticism of Pius rather than the documented defense that’s getting attention, including […]
Religious leaders mark the 77th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau at the death camp, Jan. 27, 2022. / Wojciech Grabowski/www.auschwitz.org.
Oświęcim, Poland, Jan 28, 2022 / 03:37 am (CNA).
Religious leaders gathered at Auschwi… […]
Pope Francis meets with Holocaust survivor Edith Bruck at the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta, Jan. 27, 2022. / Vatican Media.
Vatican City, Jan 27, 2022 / 11:40 am (CNA).
Pope Francis marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday with … […]
A monument at the Jewish cemetery in Izbica, Poland. / Aung via Wikimedia (public domain)
Lublin, Poland, Nov 14, 2021 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
Father Gregor Pawlowski died in Israel Oct. 21 at the age of 90, but he wanted his body to be buried in Pol… […]
Cardinal Eugene Tisserant, who was dean of the College of Cardinals from 1951 to 1972, and has been named Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem. / public domain
Denver Newsroom, Oct 23, 2021 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
Cardinal Eugene Tisserant was a … […]
The Umschlagplatz Monument in Warsaw, Poland, where more than 300,000 Jews were transported from the Warsaw Ghetto to Nazi death camps. / Sr. Amata CSFN
CNA Staff, Apr 19, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
The uprising — the largest single Jewish revolt … […]
On the Readings for February 25, 2018, the Second Sunday of Lent […]
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