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A portrait of Jules Cardinal Saliège, Catholic archbishop of Toulouse who took a firm stand against the roundup of Jews. A leader in the Roman Catholic church and a champion of human rights and dignity, he wrote a letter that he sent to his entire archdiocese to be read from the pulpit denouncing the persecution of Jews. Priests throughout France were trained and inspired by him.

A leader of Roman Catholic church

A portrait of Jules Cardinal Saliège, Catholic archbishop of Toulouse who took a firm stand against the roundup of Jews. A leader in the Roman Catholic church and a champion of human rights and dignity, he wrote a letter that he sent to his entire archdiocese to be read from the pulpit denouncing the persecution of Jews. Priests throughout France were trained and inspired by him.