It is extremely difficult to express one’s emotions after leaving a place where so many innocent lives were lost. It is hard to think that the world has not learned from past mistakes and continues on a path were we allow one person with a crazy idea to lead. We saw it in Darfur and so many places in the world. The one saving grace is that such a great and loving person was born close by and that he has left hope in the wake of despair. We were able to see many places where Pope John Paul II left his mark and to hear from our young tour guide yesterday how he was so loved by the young polish people. We saw the room where he looked out the window and spoke to the young and Pope Benedict XVI followed in his footsteps. I leave Krakow with those thoughts, not the death and destruction of Auschwitz.
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