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By Junno Arocho EstevesKRAKOW, Poland (CNS) -- The memory and pain of the world'ssilence during the Shoah should be a call to action for Jews to defend those sufferingpersecution today, especially Christians, said the chief rabbi of Poland. While Jews have experienced expulsions and holocausts forthe past 2,000 years, today there "are many more attacks on Christians -- justbecause they are Christians -- than on Jews," Rabbi Michael Schudrich toldCatholic News Service July 28."What it means to me is that the pain that we Jewsstill feel because ofthe overwhelming silence of the world -- not everyone but the majority weresilent -- during the Shoah, meansthat we have to be the first ones to step up to the plate. We have to be the first ones to yelland scream and say, 'No,'" he said. The rabbi spoke on the eve of Pope Francis' visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp. Usedby the Nazis from 1940 to 1945, the camp was the Nazi's largest and consistedof three parts: Auschwitz I, whe...
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ATWATER, Calif. (AP) -- A bus veered off a central California highway before dawn Tuesday and struck a pole that sliced the vehicle nearly in half, killing five people and sending at least five more to hospitals, some with lost limbs, authorities said....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a searing denouncement, President Barack Obama slammed Donald Trump as "unfit" and "woefully unprepared" to serve in the White House on Tuesday. He challenged Republican lawmakers to drop their support for their party's nominee, declaring "There has to come a point at which you say enough."...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis released on Tuesday a video message on his universal prayer intentions for August where he speaks of his desire that sports may build a culture of encounter among everyone for a world of peace.Listen to the Pope’s video message which was delivered in his native Spanish: (Please find below a translation into English of his words)Sports, a culture of encounterSports make it possible to build a culture of encounter among everyone for a world of peace. I dream of sports as the practice of human dignity, turned into a vehicle of fraternity. Do we exercise together this prayer intention? That sports may be an opportunity for friendly encounters between people and may contribute to peace in the world.Pope Francis’ prayer intention in August for evangelization was entitled: Living the Gospel – That Christians may live the Gospel, giving witness to faith, honesty, and love of neighbor.
