Can the Sacrament of Reconciliation even extend to Rudolf Hoess, commandant of Auschwitz?
The key theme this Ash Wednesday is that ashes symbolise death and penitence. Recent events in Israel have reminded us of the continual plight of the Jewish people. The ashes of the Holocaust emphasise wrongful death on a scale that is all but unimaginable and incomprehensible. Just as incomprehensible is whether within those terrible ashes The post Can the Sacrament of Reconciliation even extend to Rudolf Hoess, commandant of Auschwitz? appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Tomas Kauer - Moderator 
The key theme this Ash Wednesday is that ashes symbolise death and penitence. Recent events in Israel have reminded us of the continual plight of the Jewish people. The ashes of the Holocaust emphasise wrongful death on a scale that is all but unimaginable and incomprehensible. Just as incomprehensible is whether within those terrible ashes
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