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World Jewish Congress mourns the passing of Cardinal Cassidy 12 Apr 2021 share this on
NEW YORK The World Jewish Congress mourns the passing of Australian Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy, a longtime Vatican diplomat and former President of the Commission for the Religious Relations with the Jews, who died in Newcastle, Australia, at the age of 96.
Cardinal Cassidy served for 33 years in the diplomatic service of the Holy See before returning to Rome in 1988 to the Vatican’s Secretariat of State. In 1989, he was appointed President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, undertaking at the same time the role of President of the Commission for Religious Relations with Jews. In 1991, he was elevated to Cardinal.
Pope Francis Commemorates Victims of the Jewish Holocaust
27 Jan 2021
ROME Pope Francis recalled the Jewish Holocaust on Wednesday, warning against evil ideologies that lead to “death, extermination, and brutality.”
“Today, the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi Extermination Camp of Auschwitz, we celebrate International Holocaust Remembrance Day,” the pope said, following his weekly General Audience, given from the library of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican.
“We commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and all those persecuted and deported by the Nazi regime,” the pontiff continued.
“Remembrance is an expression of humanity. Remembrance is a sign of civilization. To remember is a condition for a better future of peace and fraternity,” he said, before warning that such atrocities never belong completely to the past.