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Pope Francis to Slovakia’s Jewish Community: ‘Your Sufferings Are Our Sufferings’

Papal visit poolPope Francis attends a meeting with the Jewish community in Rybné Square in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Sept. 13.

The Holy Father on Monday recalled the great suffering endured by the Jewish community in Slovakia during the Holocaust and encouraged Jews and Christians to be united in condemning violence and anti-Semitism.