Jewish group criticizes pope for likening refugee centers to concentration camps

An American Jewish group has criticized Pope Francis for likening European refugee centers to "concentration camps."


On Saturday, the pontiff was speaking to migrants at the Basilica of St. Bartholomew in Rome about a man he met last year at a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. Islamic fundamentalists had slit the throat of the man's Christian wife after she refused to throw her crucifix on the ground.

"I don't know if he was able to get out of that concentration camp, because the refugee camps -- many -- are concentration [camps], because they are so crowded with people," the Pope said in Italian.

In a statement later Saturday, the American Jewish Community asked the pope to reconsider his "regrettable" word choice.
  [upi.com]
23/4/17
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