“Some medals hang on the soul, not the jacket,” he once reportedly said. The biking champ is recognized as Righteous Among the Nations.
Kai Höss learned about his grandfather's crimes when he was a boy. He then had a journey from darkness to light.
The Tour, starting in Florence, will honor Gino Bartali—winner of the Tour in 1938 and 1948, Righteous Among the Nations, and a devout Catholic, dubbed “the Pious.”
‘The Watchmaker’s Daughter’ tells the remarkable story of Corrie Ten Boom and her family. They opened their home to Jews during the dark days of the Holocaust
At a time when antisemitism is on the rise in the US, the Catholic bishops are working to confront this prejudice with 'Nostra aetate' as their guide.
Six months after their beatification, an apple tree honoring the Ulma family was planted in the Vatican Gardens on Wednesday.
On the 80th anniversary of Etty Hillesum's death in the Auschwitz concentration camp, on approximately November 30, 1943, the Vatican paid her a heartfelt tribute.
Prior to her death in Auschwitiz, Etty Hillesum found God in the midst of terrible suffering. Now a composer has turned her words into a stirring theatrical experience.
The role played by members of the Catholic Church in the face of the Holocaust during and after the war varied from place to place, full of light and shadows.
The Italian Pope's controversial silence on the Holocaust during World War II has now been illuminated by the discovery of new historical documents.
The rediscovery of a historical list that was considered lost names 3,200 Jews who were sheltered by religious congregations in Rome during the Holocaust.
Specialized training program set to begin with Church's vast collection of ancient texts.
Though he never met Fr. Emil Kapaun, Gerald Fink heard enough about him to motivate a personal tribute to the legendary war chaplain.
While the majority of Catholics were found to be somewhat ignorant of Church teaching, they were very unlikely to harbor antisemitic sentiment.
The 2019 joint statement between Pope Francis and Grand Imam Dr. Ahmed El-Tayeb has come to fruition with the opening of the new complex.
The documents include requests for help sent to Pope Pius XII by Jews across Europe who were being persecuted.
The incident occurred just one day after a team of Israeli forces killed 9 Palestinians.
