Pope Francis arrives to meet Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benitez during a private audience at the Vatican November 5, 2018. Vincenzo Pinto/Pool via REUTERS
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis called on Monday for the eradication of anti-Semitism following an increase in attacks and hate crimes against Jews in several countries and said it was vital to preserve the memory of the Holocaust.
In the worst attack ever against U.S. Jews, a gunman yelling "All Jews must die" stormed a Pittsburgh synagogue on Oct. 27, killing 11 worshippers and wounding six other people including four police officers, before he was arrested.
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