'Pope understands outrage over Iran' | Jerusalem Post

'Pope understands outrage over Iran' | Jerusalem Post: "Pope Benedict XVI 'understands and appreciates' Jewish concerns over the Holocaust denial conference held last week in Teheran, B'nai B'rith International president Moishe Smith told The Jerusalem Post on Monday following a half-hour meeting with the pontif at the Vatican.

Smith had called on the pope to issue 'an urgent and unwavering moral response' to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the wake of the Teheran conference.

While a Vatican statement issued last week specifically noted the Holocaust, the statement released following Monday's meeting did not. Rather, it called on believers 'to show that it is not hatred and violence, but understanding and peaceful cooperation, which open the door to that future of justice and peace which is God's promise and gift.'" Read complete post here.