Archbishop reconsiders, attends Holocaust memorial

Archbishop reconsiders, attends Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem

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"Since my action was not intended as a move to disassociate myself from the commemoration
but to call attention to the manner in which the pope is presented, my aim has been achieved,"
the archbishop told Vatican Radio before the memorial.

"I have no motives to keep up the tensions, and therefore I will participate in the ceremony," he added.

Yad Vashem on Sunday immediately welcomed the archbishop's decision to attend, saying it was
"the right thing to do." In a statement, it also said it
"was inappropriate to link an issue of historical research with commemoration of the victims of the Holocaust."

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As part of Holocaust Remembrance Day, sirens wailed throughout Israel for two minutes while Israelis stood silently to remember the victims

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May they rest in peace, may God have Mercy on all.

In remembrance of Liviu Lebrescu who laid down his own life trying to protect his students, having survived the Holocaust sixty some years before.