Mormon Baptism - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:07:24 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Mormon Baptism - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Apology for Mormon Baptism of Holocaust victims http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10785677 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:30:36 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=19290 Mormon church leaders apologised to the family of Holocaust survivor and Jewish rights advocate Simon Wiesenthal after his parents were posthumously baptized, a controversial ritual that Mormons believe allows deceased people a way to the afterlife but offends members of many other religions.

Apology for Mormon Baptism of Holocaust victims... Read more]]> Mormon church leaders apologised to the family of Holocaust survivor and Jewish rights advocate Simon Wiesenthal after his parents were posthumously baptized, a controversial ritual that Mormons believe allows deceased people a way to the afterlife but offends members of many other religions.

Apology for Mormon Baptism of Holocaust victims]]> 19290 Mormon baptism of Holocaust victims ‘scandalous' http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/under-god/post/elie-wiesel-mormon-baptism-of-holocaust-victims-scandalous/2012/02/15/gIQApRtpFR_blog.html?wprss=under-god Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:30:13 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=19286 Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel on February 14, 2012, addressing the controversial Mormon baptism of deceased Holocaust survivors. It was recently revealed that a Mormon church member had posthumously baptized the parents of Simon Wiesenthal, the late Holocaust survivor and Nazi-hunter.    

Mormon baptism of Holocaust victims ‘scandalous'... Read more]]> Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel on February 14, 2012, addressing the controversial Mormon baptism of deceased Holocaust survivors. It was recently revealed that a Mormon church member had posthumously baptized the parents of Simon Wiesenthal, the late Holocaust survivor and Nazi-hunter.

 

 

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