Word: holocaust
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...being greeted by President Reagan, he will confer with national Jewish leaders. Jews were upset by the Pope's audience with Austrian President Kurt Waldheim, who has been accused of complicity in Nazi war crimes. John Paul attempted to mollify ill feelings with a letter expressing sorrow over the Holocaust, and will continue the fence mending at a Vatican meeting this week with Jewish officials. In Columbia, S.C., on Sept. 11, he will talk with an array of 27 leaders of non- Catholic churches, then join an ecumenical prayer service with 72,000 people. In Los Angeles, the Pope will...
...tension level dropped considerably last week following publication of a remarkable papal letter that was as affectingly written as it was astutely timed. The subject: the "terrible experience" of the Holocaust and its lessons for Christians. The three-page missive was addressed to Archbishop John L. May of St. Louis, president of the U.S. conference of Roman Catholic bishops, thanking May for sending him a newly published collection of the Pontiff's statements on Jews and Judaism. While the letter was ostensibly routine, its language was heartfelt. "Christians approach with fearsome respect the terrifying experience of the extermination, the Shoah...
John Paul's statement, which makes no reference to the Waldheim audience, was a long-contemplated synthesis of his views on the Holocaust, said a Vatican official, "not a consequence of the Waldheim meeting." But it followed a July session in New York City between Vatican Secretary of State Agostino Cardinal Casaroli and representatives of American-Jewish organizations; they pressed for a statement as well as a meeting with John Paul before his visit to the U.S. That meeting is now set for next Tuesday with five or six Jewish leaders at the papal summer residence...
...merest slit in his helmet. But the film is less an actors' showcase than a smart, grim satire. The only TV program to be seen is a slapstick variety show. Commercials peddle the 6000 SUX, the car of the future that brags about getting only 8.2 m.p.g., and a holocaust home-video game called Nukem. Giggly anchors read news flashes about, say, a Star Wars misfire that totaled Santa Barbara and killed two ex-Presidents...
...high school seniors and Penn student Tracy Ward were kicked out after a residential counselor in the dormitory reported them for playing a Holocaust-style card game entitled "Extermination," Begun said...