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Wars and rumours of war and peacemaking

NZ Catholic Staff — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 02:28:58 +0000

by Bishop Peter Cullinane

At times, life seems like a tug-of-war between cruelties and atrocities over against goodness,
grace and beauty, whether in nature or in human lives. I think the more we are touched by each, and by the conflict between them, the more deeply we live. After all, compassion
(“suffering-with”) is a deep and rich way of being, but it wouldn’t be at all if there were no suffering. Reconciliation can be an enriching and moving experience, but it wouldn’t be if there were not first some kind of alienation. And I think our commitment to peace-making will be shallow if we haven’t first wept over the suffering, waste, futility and personal
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Visiting Rome synagogue, Pope honours memory of Holocaust victims

Michael Otto — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0000

ROME (CNS) Laying a wreath at a memorial to Roman Jews rounded up by the Nazis in 1943 and joining in a standing ovation to a dwindling group of Holocaust survivors, Pope Benedict XVI broke the ice with Rome’s Jewish community even before he began to speak. echo $variable;

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Pope greets Rome’s Jewish community, plans to visit synagogue

Vatican City (CNS) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:00:00 +0000

VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope Benedict XVI has told the Jewish community of Rome that he plans to visit its synagogue in the near future, the Vatican has confirmed. In a good will telegram to Chief Rabbi Riccardo di Segni marking the upcoming Jewish holidays, the pope said he would visit "with joy" the Rome synagogue

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Pope, German chancellor discuss Holocaust-denying bishop

Vatican City (CNS) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +0000

VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope Benedict XVI and German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke to each other on the telephone about the recent controversy surrounding a traditionalist bishop who has denied the Holocaust. "It was a cordial and constructive conversation, marked by a common and profound agreement that the Shoah is a perpetually valid warning for humanity,"

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Pope to gather with 200 religious leaders at interfaith meeting

Washington (CNS) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:00:00 +0000

WASHINGTON (CNS) When Pope Benedict XVI comes to the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington for an early-evening interfaith meeting April 17 with Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, Muslims and representatives of other religions, space will be at a premium. echo $variable;

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