{"id":67821,"date":"2025-12-06T06:21:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T06:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=67821"},"modified":"2025-12-06T06:21:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T06:21:07","slug":"irish-stamp-honors-vatican-pimpernel-oflaherty-who-saved-6500-jews-in-world-war-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/irish-stamp-honors-vatican-pimpernel-oflaherty-who-saved-6500-jews-in-world-war-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Irische Briefmarke ehrt den \u201ePimpernel\u201c des Vatikans, O\u2019Flaherty, der im Zweiten Weltkrieg 6.500 Juden rettete"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>A new stamp issued by the Irish postal service honors Monsignor Hugh O\u2019Flaherty, who saved 6,500 news in Rome during World War II. \/ Credit: An Post Dublin, Ireland, Oct 29, 2025 \/ 13:51 pm (CNA). The Irish postal service has released a new postage stamp marking the 100th anniversary of the ordination of Monsignor Hugh O\u2019Flaherty, savior of 6,500 Jews in Rome during World War II.O\u2019Flaherty used his position in the Roman Curia to hide fugitives from Nazi forces\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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The Irish postal service has released a new postage stamp marking the 100th anniversary of the ordination of Monsignor Hugh O\u2019Flaherty, savior of 6,500 Jews in Rome during World War II.O\u2019Flaherty used his position in the Roman Curia to hide fugitives from Nazi forces\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":71243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-67821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":77175,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/father-adam-sztark-the-polish-jesuit-who-died-saving-jewish-children\/","url_meta":{"origin":67821,"position":0},"title":"Father Adam Sztark: The Polish Jesuit who died saving Jewish children","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"M\u00e4rz 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The 81st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, a place more synonymous with depravity than probably any other corner of the earth, was marked in January.Amid the horrors of World War II, there were sunbeams of Christian heroism.One few have heard of is the Polish Jesuit martyr Father Adam Sztark (1907\u20131942), who used his wits and mastery of disguise to perform spiritual and corporal acts of mercy despite the persistent threat of death.On Sept. 1, 1939, World War II broke\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Father Adam Sztark: The Polish Jesuit who died saving Jewish children","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Father-Adam-Sztark-The-Polish-Jesuit-who-died-saving-Jewish-children.png?fit=921%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Father-Adam-Sztark-The-Polish-Jesuit-who-died-saving-Jewish-children.png?fit=921%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Father-Adam-Sztark-The-Polish-Jesuit-who-died-saving-Jewish-children.png?fit=921%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Father-Adam-Sztark-The-Polish-Jesuit-who-died-saving-Jewish-children.png?fit=921%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11482,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/pope-saint-john-xxiii\/","url_meta":{"origin":67821,"position":1},"title":"Pope Saint John XXIII","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Oktober 11, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Pope Saint John XXIII Feast date: Oct 11 Born\u00c2\u00a0Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli at Sotto il Monte, Italy on 25 November 1881, Pope John XXIII was\u00c2\u00a0elected Pope on October 28, 1958. 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