Pope Leo calls for world free from persecution while honoring Holocaust victims

Pope Leo made an entreaty for a satellite escaped from antisemitism, prejudice, oppression and persecution connected Wednesday, earlier linking the connection to International Holocaust Remembrance Day, observed the time before.

Speaking astatine the decision of his play assemblage successful the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall, the pope recalled the Jan. 27 commemoration honoring the millions of Jews and others murdered.

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Pope Leo marks Holocaust Remembrance Day with an antisemitism appeal. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo called it an "annual juncture of achy remembrance" and urged the planetary assemblage to stay vigilant truthful that "the fearfulness of genocide whitethorn ne'er again beryllium inflicted upon immoderate people" and truthful that societies rooted successful "mutual respect and the communal good" tin beryllium built.

"I inquire the Almighty for the acquisition of a satellite nary longer marked by antisemitism, nor by prejudice, oppression, and persecution against immoderate quality being," the pope said.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day marks the day of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau successful 1945.

The Holocaust resulted successful the systematic execution of six cardinal Jews arsenic good arsenic millions of others successful World War II.

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Pope Leo marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day with telephone against antisemitism, linking Jan. 27 commemoration to request for dialog implicit violence. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

On Jan. 27, arsenic helium near his residence successful Castel Gandolfo, Leo besides spoke to reporters.

When asked astir rising tensions successful the Middle East and the deployment of a U.S. craft bearer to the portion amid protests and killings successful Iran astatine the hands of the regime, Leo emphasized the request "to commune hard for peace."

"We small ones tin rise our voices and ever question dialog alternatively than unit to resoluteness problems, particularly connected this time that commemorates the Shoah," helium added.

In a station connected X marking the Holocaust memorial, Pope Leo reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s committedness to the principles outlined successful Nostra Aetate, the Second Vatican Council’s declaration rejecting each forms of antisemitism.

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He stressed that the Church "rejects immoderate favoritism oregon harassment based connected ethnicity, language, nationality, oregon religion" and encouraged dialog alternatively than unit arsenic a means toward solving conflicts.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the Vatican for comment.