Presence

The recent edition of the YU Commentator comments on the cardinals visit to Yeshiva University. The head of the delegation was Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, Archbishop of Paris. Towards the end of the article, an interesting factoid is mentioned:

Cardinal Lustiger, considered by some to be a likely candidate in the next papal conclave, is of exceptional interest to the Jewish community. Lustiger, 77, was born Aaron Dov, the son of Polish Jews who immigrated to France. He attended school at a Catholic monastery where he was safely hidden throughout World War II. Though he chose to convert to Catholicism at the tender age of 13, the archbishop has consistently refused to shake his Jewish heritage. His mother was killed at Auschwitz in 1943 and, to this day, he recites Kaddish for her. Cardinal Lustiger has been at the forefront of bridging the gaps between Catholics and Jews, and his role in the next papacy could have reverberating effects.

I know there's no conspiracy, but sometimes I wonder...

The Commentator also has an interesting interview with Joe Kashnow, G.I. Jew.