Pope John Paul II will expand on a recent report dealing with Catholic responsibility for the Holocaust, a Catholic cardinal told a group of Jewish leaders. But Roger Mahony said he doubted that the pope would condemn Catholics by name. Mahony added that the church would expand Holocaust education in its schools and religious education programs.
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