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. "
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.
