80 years have passed since the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp. Images like this one still have an impact on society today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than a million people died in what is considered the largest Nazi concentration camp in history. It was active until January 27, 1945.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than 30 years later, in 1979, Pope John Paul II became the first pope to visit Auschwitz, where he condemned the Holocaust. It was also a dark period for the Polish Pope, who lived through Hitler's invasion of Poland when he was only 19 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2006, a year after the death of Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI also visited this camp, a long-awaited visit by a German pope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
POPE BENEDICT XVI<\/strong> Shortly after Pope Benedict XVI prayed in front of 23 tombstones situated in front of the ruins of the crematorium ovens, many remember this image: when the rainbow came out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pope Francis visited in 2016, creating this symbolic moment. The Pope did not make a speech. He put words aside to pray silently in the cell where the Franciscan Saint, Maximilian Kolbe, died, who offered to die for a father of a family who had been condemned to death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n CA On January 27, it will be 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Three popes have traveled there: John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":74531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0O7urIjaiAc","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpapiauschwitzeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpapiauschwitzint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74530"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74530"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74534,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74530\/revisions\/74534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
In a place like this, words fail. In the end there can only be a shocked silence, a silence which is itself a heartfelt cry to God, 'Why Lord, did you remain silent?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
TR: GS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"