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After the Pope, Archbishop Le Gall up to the plate.

In Lourdes, at the pilgrimage of the diocese of Toulouse, the Archbishop Robert Le Gall drew a parallel between the situation of Roma and the fate of Jews during the Second World War.

The Roma are they subject to deportation by the French government? To hear many voices, the parallel is increasingly used to defend the Roma in France. Recently, the Archbishop of Toulouse, which is mounted to the plate to defend Travellers Romanian saying "Roma are our brothers like the others. But to Lourdes during the pilgrimage of the diocese of Toulouse, Bishop Roland Le Gall also, before thousands of faithful gathered in the Sanctuary, a parallel with the situation of Jews during the Second World War. He particularly recalled the commitment of his predecessor at the time who had read a letter to the people who stated that "scenes of horror were held in camps and Noah Récébédou (installed in Haute-Garonne ed.) The Jews are men. All is not permitted against them, against these men, against women, against these fathers and mothers. They are part of the human race. They are our brothers, like so many others. "




by shergald on Sun Aug 29th, 2010 at 11:04:22 AM EST
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Slightly improved translation (hopefully; errors are mine anyway); I meant to do it this morning, but I had a lazy Sunday:

After the Pope, Archbishop Le Gall steps up to the plate.

During the diocese of Toulouse pilgrimage in Lourdes, Archbishop Robert Le Gall drew a parallel between the situation of the Roma people and the fate of Jews during the Second World War.

Are the Roma subject to deportation by the French government? According to numerous voices, the parallel is increasingly used to defend the Roma in France. Recently, the Archbishop of Toulouse, who stepped up to the plate to defend the Roma travelers stating: "Roma are our brothers too". But during the pilgrimage of the diocese of Toulouse in Lourdes, before thousands of faithful gathered in the Sanctuary, Archbishop Roland Le Gall also drew a parallel with the situation of Jews during the Second World War. He particularly reminded the commitment of his predecessor at the time who had a pastoral letter read to the population, stating that "horror scenes were taking place in [internment] camps in Noé and Récébédou (set up in Haute-Garonne département ed.) The Jews are people. Not everything is allowed against them, against these men, against these women, against these fathers and mothers. They are part of the human race. They are our brothers, like so many others. "

Note: Noé is a small town near Toulouse (the "département" of Haute-Garonne. The Vichy regime had set up an internment camp for Jewish people there during WWII.


Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.

by Bernard on Sun Aug 29th, 2010 at 01:16:03 PM EST
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Thank you for the improvement. I can't imagine the Sarkosy government behind such a move as to support the ethnic cleansing of the Roma. Seems as if we have had enough of it in the Balkans recently, and in Europe and the Middle East in the 40s, and afterward. When will we learn?  

by shergald on Sun Aug 29th, 2010 at 04:26:35 PM EST
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