The Jewish-born archbishop of France called upon Catholics to attend Holocaust Memorial Day services next year. Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, who converted to Catholicism during World War II, was in New York accepting an award from an interfaith group partly sponsored by Jews for his ecumenical work. Some Jewish leaders had opposed granting the award to the cardinal, who has said he considers himself a “fulfilled Jew.”
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