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The pope’s tricky visit to the Holy Land

The ghosts of the Vatican’s past will be haunting Pope Benedict as he tours the Middle East this week

By Rory McCarthy  /  THE GUARDIAN , JERUSALEM

Nearly 5,000 Jews, Gilbert says, were sheltered in Catholic institutions across Rome with the result that a larger proportion of Jews were saved there than in any other city under German occupation.

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