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Pope Francis has compared Russia's invasion of Ukraine to a Nazi operation that killed some two million people, mostly Jews, in the first years of World War Two.
Speaking to Polish pilgrims at his weekly general audience, Francis noted that the Catholic University of Lublin, in Poland, had recently commemorated the anniversary of Operation Reinhard.
This was the code name for a secret operation in a part of occupied Poland which the Nazis called the "General Government" area, that included territory now in Ukraine.
"May the memory of this horrible event arouse intentions and actions of peace in everyone," he said, specifically mentioning the operation, saying it was one of "extermination".
He added: "And history is repeating itself. We see now what is happening in Ukraine."
Finally, the Pope is saying what everyone else knows, that the Russians are this century's Nazis.
Speaking to Polish pilgrims at his weekly general audience, Francis noted that the Catholic University of Lublin, in Poland, had recently commemorated the anniversary of Operation Reinhard.
This was the code name for a secret operation in a part of occupied Poland which the Nazis called the "General Government" area, that included territory now in Ukraine.
"May the memory of this horrible event arouse intentions and actions of peace in everyone," he said, specifically mentioning the operation, saying it was one of "extermination".
He added: "And history is repeating itself. We see now what is happening in Ukraine."
Finally, the Pope is saying what everyone else knows, that the Russians are this century's Nazis.
