Pope is ashamed to ‘monstrosity’ of Holocaust

“Nobody instrumentalized the name of God for violence,” said Pope Francisco. It was delivered this morning to the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Mohammad Ahmad Hussein, in the beautiful Temple Mount, so close, just a few meters and so far – dozens of police and military and centuries of mutual misunderstanding – the Wall Lamentations, the holiest site in Judaism. Here, Jorge Mario Bergoglio has fulfilled an old dream of when and dreamed of becoming Pope, praying with his friend Rabbi Abraham Skorda Argentina. Francisco has stood for a moment in front of the wall, has lodged a prayer and then hugged Skorka and his Muslim friend Omar Abboud. “We did it! “, Have congratulated.

The idea of inviting Bergoglio his first trip to the Holy Land to two friends of different religions is part of a very clear message: it is possible. Not only talk, but also to agree and even break the inertia of old war. His speech before the Grand Mufti and other senior representatives of the Muslim world and has noted: “We hear resonate strongly the call to be agents of peace and justice. Dear friends, since this holy place, I launch an impassioned appeal to all people and communities are recognized in Abraham: respect each other and let us love one another as brothers and sisters. Learn to understand each other’s pain. Nobody instrumentalized the name of God for violence. Let us work together for justice and peace.”

After visiting the Temple Mount, the Pope has directed the Western Wall or Wailing Wall, where he prayed, and from there, as full of events and content as the previous two hours, has been directed – with President Shimon Peres, to the grave of Theodor Herzl, the founder of Zionism, where Bergoglio has placed some flowers. The Pope has made an unexpected stop at a memorial to victims of Israeli terrorism before leaving for the Holocaust museum.

There, at Yad Vashem, the Pope kissed the hand of six survivors, four men and two women of the Nazi horror, and instead of speech, has concocted a biblical reflection, prayer bitter shame at recognizing “the immeasurable tragedy the Holocaust.” Francis Pope in prayer simulates a dialogue in which God seeks to Adam and reproached “monstrosity ” committed. At the end of the rebuke of God, it is Adam who answers the call: “Remember us in your mercy. Give us the grace to be ashamed of what we, as men, have been able to do, to be ashamed of this maximum idolatry, had despised and destroyed our flesh. Never again, Lord, never again!. Here I am, Lord, with the shame of what man, created in your image and likeness, has been able to do. “

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