02-15-2012, 02:55 PM
The apology was for baptizing Simon Wiesenthal's parents specifically. Which explains how it can be attributed to one person.
Here is a far better article which is a lot less vague:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17036046
A perusal of the Wikipedia article on Baptism of the Dead is helpful, too.
It's an odd concept overall -- but the baptism of Holocaust victims seems to be an abuse of this concept rather than its focus.
And incidentally, the soul is free to reject the baptism.
Here is a far better article which is a lot less vague:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17036046
A perusal of the Wikipedia article on Baptism of the Dead is helpful, too.
It's an odd concept overall -- but the baptism of Holocaust victims seems to be an abuse of this concept rather than its focus.
And incidentally, the soul is free to reject the baptism.