Andrew Kobos wrote:
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> A jednak powoli nie ?
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> amk
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> Wednesday October 27 12:21 AM ET
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> Vatican Slows Beatification For Pius XII - Group
>
> NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Roman Catholic Church has decided
> to slow down the process toward sainthood for Pope Pius XII --
> who is under new controversy for his wartime role -- while
> moving actively toward making a saint of his successor, Pope
> John XXIII, a senior Jewish official said Tuesday.
>
> World Jewish Congress Executive Director Elan Steinberg said
> that Vatican officials informed Jewish leaders of that in
> private meetings last week at the Vatican.
>
> "The effect will be that during the millennium year we will
> likely see the beatification of John XXIII instead of Pius
> XII," he added.
>
> Beatification is the penultimate step leading to sainthood
> in the Catholic Church.
>
> The meetings were called at the Vatican to discuss the
> formation of a joint Catholic-Jewish committee to review the
> Holy See's World War II archives.
>
> Many Jewish groups have criticised Pius XII for staying
> publicly silent during World War II about Nazi atrocities. The
> church, however, has strongly defended the wartime pope and
> credited him with saving hundreds of thousands of Jewish lives
> with behind-the-scenes efforts.
>
> John XXIII, who was pope from 1958-63, has been praised by
> Jewish leaders for his wartime work in saving Jews when he was
> apostolic delegate to Turkey. Jewish leaders have also praised
> him for convening the Second Vatican Council, which formally
> removed from church doctrine that Jews were collectively
> responsible for the death of Christ.
>
> Steinberg said there was no commitment by the Vatican to
> cancel the process of beatification for Pius XII, which, like
> that for John XXIII, has been going on for several years.
>
> "We do not expect an official Vatican announcement about
> this. However, the development would be a wonderful gesture to
> the Jewish world because, by all accounts, John XXIII was a
> compassionate, caring and sensitive individual -- the very
> definition of saintliness."
>
> A new book by the British Catholic scholar John Cornwell,
> "Hitler's Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII," accused the
> pope of being indifferent to the fate of the Jews during World
> War II and to harboring anti-Semitic sentiments before the war.
> Pius XII was pontiff from 1939-58.
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Wydaje mi sie, ze wyrazanie sie na ten temat religii katolickiej
przez srodowiska zydowskie jest - delikatnie mowiac - w najwyzszym
stopniu nie na miejscu.
Jacek A.
