Russian court sentences 3 neo-Nazi pagans to up to 21 years in jail for killings and bombings

3 Russian neo-Nazis sentenced for hate killings

Pope beatifies Newman, praises British who fought Nazis as Vatican declares trip a success

Vatican declares Pope’s visit to Britain a success

Pope marks Blitz 70th anniversary with personal recollection of Nazi evil, praise for UK

Pope notes 70th Blitz anniversary as he says Mass

As French Gypsies fight for remembrance of wartime internment, discrimination flares anew

French Gypsies recall forgotten wartime internment

America the Tolerant: NYC mosque dispute prompts reflection on a notion as old as the republic

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Judge issues judgment against Russia for refusal to return documents to Jewish religious group

Judge rules against Russia on Jewish documents

Decades later, Catholic Pole recalls saving Jewish sweetheart in daring escape from Auschwitz

Former inmate recalls daring escape from Auschwitz

LA’s cardinal says anti-illegal immigration bill in Arizona encourages Nazi techniques

LA cardinal: Nazism in Arizona immigration bill

Czech doctors apologize to Jewish colleagues for persecution in pre-WWII Czechoslovakia

Czech doctors apologize to Jews for persecution

Pope denounces ‘horror,’ brutality of Nazi Germany on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Pope denounces ‘horror’ of Holocaust

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has marked Holocaust Remembrance Day by denouncing the “horror” of the Shoah and the “unheard of brutality” of death camps created by Nazi Germany.

Pope, Jewish leaders disagree over Pius actions to save Jews during World War II

Pope defends Pius against Jewish critics

ROME — In a synagogue visit haunted by history, Pope Benedict XVI and Jewish leaders sparred Sunday over the record of the World War II-era pope during the Holocaust and agreed on the need to strengthen Catholic-Jewish relations.

Pope defends predecessor Pius against critics, saying he worked quietly to save Jews

Pope defends Pius against critics

ROME AP) — In a synagogue visit haunted by history, Pope Benedict XVI and Jewish leaders sparred Sunday over the record of the World II-era pope during the Holocaust and agreed on the need to strengthen Catholic-Jewish relations.

Pope says Vatican helped save Italian Jews during war, doesn’t name Pope Pius

Pope says Vatican helped save Jews during war

Jewish leader in speech to pope criticizes ’silence’ of World War II pope

Jewish leader criticizes World War II pope

Saddam cousin ‘Chemical Ali’ sentenced to hang for 1988 gas attack that killed 5,600 Kurds

Iraq’s ‘Chemical Ali’ gets 4th death sentence

Pope, ahead of disputed synagogue visit, affirms great ‘respect’ between Catholics and Jews

Pope affirms great respect for Jews

ROME — Pope Benedict XVI defended his predecessor Pius XII against Jewish critics Sunday, telling the audience at a Rome synagogue that the Vatican worked quietly to save Jews from the Nazis during World War II.

Pope, recalling days right after World War II, say end of Nazi rule in Germany made him happy

Pope: End of Nazism made me happy

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI says the end of Nazi rule in his homeland of Germany made him happy and allowed him to resume studies for the priesthood.

Former Israeli chief rabbi asks pope to halt beatification of controversial WWII pontiff

Israel rabbi asks pope to halt Pius’ beatification

US appeals court upholds dismissal of Holocaust survivor lawsuit against Vatican Bank

US appeals court nixes Vatican Bank Holocaust suit

Vatican: Decision to move Pope Pius XII closer to sainthood is not ‘hostile act’ against Jews

Vatican defends move on World War II-era pope