When "great powers" fail to act ...

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Pope: 'Great Powers' Did Nothing When Jews Were Taken To Auschwitz

FRANCES D'EMILIO, Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday denounced what he calls the "great powers" of the world for failing to act when...

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