I suppose it is like in our faith where the ultra-Orthodox has seperated themselves from the mainstream Catholocism…or to a certain point, the traditionalist. All religions have them.
I do not know if anti-semitism is only a liberal thing. I know it is gaining great momentum all over the world. It is a sad situation overall and horrifying.
The Jews have been a scapegoat for many. Though, they themselves have done their fair share of persecuting the Catholics. I did not know this until reading about it on another forum. It is all anguishing. When will it stop?
I have always wondered whether the early writings of the Church Fathers could’ve influenced the people at the time on the hatred of the Jews. Again, I do not know. Many people are anti-semitic even our St Maxilmillian Kolbe prior to suffering with the Jews and losing his life to save a Jew.
‘From the Jewish point fo view, however, the issue was not so much Father Kolbe himself or even his personal connection to an anti-semitic newspaper. It was that he was a priest and that by sponsoring such newspapers, the church in Poland and throughout Europe abetted racial hatred and played into the Nazi hands This was an argument that few Catholics were willing to concede at the time.
Jurek had no question about where he stood in this matter: a man who was founder-director of a viciously anti-Semitic newspaper ought not to become a candidate for sainthood unless the circumstances of his martyrdom had involved saving a Jew’s life. In taking this position Jews in America and Israel, who expressed misgivings about the Kolbe beatification. The matter was especially sensitive because at this time the communist Polish government itself refused to acknowledge that Jews comprised the overwhelming majority of the victims murdered at Auschwitz. To beatify Kolbe, it seemed, firther minimized Jewish martyrdom.’
This is a book written by Darcey O’Brien about the relationship of Pope John Pauland his closest friend ,Jerzy Kluger,throughout his whole life. Very well written and a must read!
Blessings,
Shoshana
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But I guess if people are going to hate Jews they will do it and see them as subhuman no matter what anybody says.
God Bless
