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moved backwards, dogged by a series of
Holocaust-related disputes. Since 1987,
recriminations have flown over a con-.
vent near Auschwitz, a papal audience
for onetime Nazi Kurt Waldheim, a
large cross over Auschwitz, the canon-
ization of murdered Jewish-born nun
Edith Stein, more crosses at Auschwitz
and the wartime- role of Pope Pius XII.
The Vatican vowed early on to
address the church's role in the
Holocaust in a special document.
The document, "We Remember,"
issued in 1998, only fueled the
flames. Jewish leaders claimed it
ignored Pius' culpable silence. When
word leaked out that the Vatican was
planning to make Pius.a saint, a
worldwide Jewish outcry ensued.
Finally, a year ago Cardinal Edward
Cassidy, chief Vatican spokesman on
Jewish affairs, ceremonially broke off
relations with a Jewish committee that
had been the church's chief Jewish dia-
logue partner for a generation. He
accused the World Jewish Congress of
"a systematic campaign to denigrate the
Catholic Church."
Jewish leaders largely dismiss the
crisis as an organizational spat between
religious bureaucrats. But that's a mis-
take, local Catholic leaders warn.
The anger is filtering down to
the pews.
"There's a growing Catholic
resentment," says Father James
Loughran, ecumenical affairs director
of the New York archdiocese. "Pius
XII has strong support. He's one of
the great popes of the century."
Pius, Father Loughran says, is wide-
ly revered as a chief architect of the
modern church. But Jews should give
him a second look, too, he says. His
1948 encyclical on Scripture, "Divini
Afflante Spiritu," encouraged
Catholics for the first time to read the
Old Testament, "and that opened the
way for a new Catholic appreciation
of Jews and Judaism as the source of
Christianity." That, Father Loughran
says, led directly to Vatican II.
Father Loughran's view isn't unani-
mous, even among Catholics. Father
Mikulanis, while insisting Pope Pius
"has gotten a bum rap on the
Holocaust," says the idea of saint-
hood "boggles my mind."
In the end, Father Mikulanis says,
"Jews have a natural and understand-
able suspicion of Christianity That's
why the Holy Father apologized."
Still, he says, "just once, I would
like to see somebody say 'Thank you
for taking this step.' I would like to
see an embrace rather than a kick in
the ankles." ❑

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