“Saint Pope John Paul II was an ardent defender of the rights and dignity of human beings…He certainly would not condone the use of tear gas and other deterrents to silence, scatter or intimidate them…”

Wilton D. Gregory, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington, in a statement condemning President Trump’s visit to the national shrine.

As a young man, Karol Wojtyla (the future Pope John Paul II) worked in the sales department of the Polish branch of the German firm I.G. Farben Industries Group (Interessen-Gemeinschaft Farbenindustrie AG). I.G. Farben ran the Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland as well as manufacturing Zylon B, the gas used to kill the prisoners. Read more about it here.