“How could man have such utter contempt for man? Because he had reached the point of contempt for God.”

Speech delivered at the Yad Vashem Museum at Jerusalem, Israel - March 23, 2000 http://www.emersonkent.com/speeches/yad_vashem.htm

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264th Pope of the Catholic Church, saint 1920–2005

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