Pope Beatifies Anti-Nazi Bishop
From Times Wire Reports
A German bishop known as the Lion of Muenster for his courageous anti-Nazi sermons during World War II took a step toward sainthood when he was beatified in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Pope Benedict XVI hailed the “heroic courage” of Clemens August von Galen, who condemned anti-Semitism.
Von Galen died in 1946, at age 68, a few weeks after Pope Pius XII raised his rank to cardinal. Some Jews have said Pius XII did not act forcefully against the Holocaust, but the Vatican has denied that.
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