Pope asks: 'Where was God at Auschwitz?'

2006-05-30 13:39 - Links

Speaking at the Birkenau section of the camp, near where Jews were led from trains to be gassed and cremated, the head of the Roman Catholic Church said it was almost impossible to speak in "this place of horror," especially as a German Pope.

"In a place like this, words fail. In the end, there can only be a dread silence - a silence which is itself a heartfelt cry to God: Why, Lord, did you remain silent? How could you tolerate all this?" he said in a speech delivered in Italian.

I think it speaks volumes that even the pope questions God. Why did he remain silent? Simple: because he does not exist!

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