Pope meets Gypsies, urges end to prejudice, oppression, rejection

Submitted on June 16, 2011
Printer-friendly versionPrinter-friendly versionSend to friendSend to friend
By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service
Dancers performed prior to Pope Benedict XVI's meeting with nearly 2,000 Gypsies, Roma, Sinti and Travellers in Paul VI hall at the Vatican June 12.
Dancers performed prior to Pope Benedict XVI's meeting with nearly 2,000 Gypsies, Roma, Sinti and Travellers in Paul VI hall at the Vatican June 12.
CNS/Paul Haring
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI prayed that the world's Gypsies no longer be subjected to prejudice, oppression and rejection. Gypsies should always uphold "justice, legality, reconciliation and strive to never be the cause of someone else's suffering," he said in a festive meeting with nearly 2,000 Gypsies, Roma, Sinti and Travellers in the Vatican's Paul VI hall June 11. Pope Benedict recalled the painful past of the Gypsies, especially when hundreds of thousands of men, women and children "were barbarically killed in extermination camps" during World War II.

A subscription is required to access this content.

Current online and print subscribers, click here to login and view this article.

Please click here to subscribe to the St. Louis Review. You may subscribe to the online edition only or both the online and print editions.

If you already have a subscription and are still unable to access this information, please contact the St. Louis Review.

Why does the St. Louis Review require a subscription to access content online? (Click to view).

Bookmark/Search this post with
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google
  • LinkedIn
  • del.icio.us
  • Digg
  • MySpace
  • Reddit
No votes yet