priest

Today is the International Day of commemoration in Memory of the Victims of Holocaust. Let us remember the countless people who were victims of the said tragic event. Many of them are catholics. I would like to borrow the words of the United Nation's Secretary General: "Today, we remember the millions of victims of the Nazis -- nearly one third of the Jewish people and countless other minorities -- who suffered atrocious acts of discrimination, deprivation, cruelty and murder. New initiatives in Holocaust remembrance and education have given us an authentic basis for hope. That hope is the theme of this year’s observance. But we can and must do more if we are to make that hope a reality. We must continue to examine why the world failed to prevent the Holocaust and other atrocities since. That way, we will be better armed to defeat anti-Semitism and other forms of intolerance. We must continue to teach our children the lessons of history’s darkest chapters. That will help them ...