Jon Young
2023-10-10 19:59:57 UTC
WE SHARE IN THE GRIEF OF HUMANITY. WHEN FEARFUL MARTYRDOM CAME TO
OUR PEOPLE IN THE DECADE OF NAZI TERROR, THE VOICE OF THE POPE WAS
RAISED FOR ITS VICTIMS. THE LIFE OF OUR TIMES WAS ENRICHED BY A VOICE
SPEAKING OUT ABOUT GREAT MORAL TRUTHS ABOVE THE TUMULT OF DAILY
CONFLICT. WE MOURN A GREAT SERVANT OF PEACE.
* The chief rabbi of Jerusalem, Isaac Herzog, sent a personal message
to Pope Pius XII on Feb. 28, 1944, stating: "The people of Israel will
never forget what His Holiness and his illustrious delegates, inspired
by the eternal principles of religion which form the very foundations
of true civilization, are doing for us unfortunate brothers and
sisters in the most tragic hour of our history, which is living proof
of divine Providence in this world."
* Rabbi Safran of Bucharest, Romania, also sent a letter of gratitude
on April 7, 1944, saying: "It is not easy for us to find the right
words to express the warmth and consolation we experienced because of
the concern of the supreme pontiff, who offered a large sum to relieve
the sufferings of deported Jews. . . . The Jews of Romania will never
forget these facts of historic importance."
* The chief rabbi of Rome, Israel Zolli (who later converted to
Catholicism and took the baptismal name "Eugenio" in admiration of the
pope), stated his gratitude saying: "What the Vatican did will be
indelibly and eternally engraved in our hearts. . . . Priests and even
high prelates did things that will forever be an honor to
Catholicism."
* Golda Meir, Israeli representative to the United Nations and future
prime minister of Israel, stated upon Pius XII's death: "We share the
grief of the world over the death of His Holiness Pius XII. . . .
During the ten years of Nazi terror, when our people passed through
the horrors of martyrdom, the Pope raised his voice to condemn the
persecutors and to commiserate with their victims."
* Nahum Goldmann, president of the World Jewish Congress, stated upon
Pius XII's death: "With special gratitude we remember all he has done
for the persecuted Jews during one of the darkest periods in their
entire history."
* Albert Einstein: "Only the Catholic Church protested against the
Hitlerian onslaught on liberty. Up till then I had not been interested
in the Church, but today I feel a great admiration for the Church,
which alone has had the courage to struggle for spiritual truth and
moral liberty."
jdyoung, Official
***@gmail.com
www.splc.org
OUR PEOPLE IN THE DECADE OF NAZI TERROR, THE VOICE OF THE POPE WAS
RAISED FOR ITS VICTIMS. THE LIFE OF OUR TIMES WAS ENRICHED BY A VOICE
SPEAKING OUT ABOUT GREAT MORAL TRUTHS ABOVE THE TUMULT OF DAILY
CONFLICT. WE MOURN A GREAT SERVANT OF PEACE.
* The chief rabbi of Jerusalem, Isaac Herzog, sent a personal message
to Pope Pius XII on Feb. 28, 1944, stating: "The people of Israel will
never forget what His Holiness and his illustrious delegates, inspired
by the eternal principles of religion which form the very foundations
of true civilization, are doing for us unfortunate brothers and
sisters in the most tragic hour of our history, which is living proof
of divine Providence in this world."
* Rabbi Safran of Bucharest, Romania, also sent a letter of gratitude
on April 7, 1944, saying: "It is not easy for us to find the right
words to express the warmth and consolation we experienced because of
the concern of the supreme pontiff, who offered a large sum to relieve
the sufferings of deported Jews. . . . The Jews of Romania will never
forget these facts of historic importance."
* The chief rabbi of Rome, Israel Zolli (who later converted to
Catholicism and took the baptismal name "Eugenio" in admiration of the
pope), stated his gratitude saying: "What the Vatican did will be
indelibly and eternally engraved in our hearts. . . . Priests and even
high prelates did things that will forever be an honor to
Catholicism."
* Golda Meir, Israeli representative to the United Nations and future
prime minister of Israel, stated upon Pius XII's death: "We share the
grief of the world over the death of His Holiness Pius XII. . . .
During the ten years of Nazi terror, when our people passed through
the horrors of martyrdom, the Pope raised his voice to condemn the
persecutors and to commiserate with their victims."
* Nahum Goldmann, president of the World Jewish Congress, stated upon
Pius XII's death: "With special gratitude we remember all he has done
for the persecuted Jews during one of the darkest periods in their
entire history."
* Albert Einstein: "Only the Catholic Church protested against the
Hitlerian onslaught on liberty. Up till then I had not been interested
in the Church, but today I feel a great admiration for the Church,
which alone has had the courage to struggle for spiritual truth and
moral liberty."
jdyoung, Official
***@gmail.com
www.splc.org