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To: rmlew
Pius IX condemned the Holocaust and helped save thousands of Jews and other victims of Nazi terror.

That was Pius XII.

Pius IX, the longest reigning Pope in history, absconded with and "adopted" a young Jewish boy, forcing him into Catholic conversion.

He is also being considered seriously for sainthood.

20 posted on 08/27/2002 7:00:08 PM PDT by sinkspur
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To: sinkspur
That was Pius XII.
Pius IX, the longest reigning Pope in history, absconded with and "adopted" a young Jewish boy, forcing him into Catholic conversion.
He is also being considered seriously for sainthood.

Yeah, my bad.
I don't think that the RCC should make that exemplary behavior by sainting Pius IX.
Unless his action is condemned, the cannonization of Pius IX would be disastrous to Catholic-Jewish relations.
It would do the same, if not more damage, than the opposition by some leftists and leftist Jews to Pius XII is doing.

22 posted on 08/27/2002 7:05:51 PM PDT by rmlew
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