Guillermo Schulenburg
Overview
 
Guillermo von Schulenburg Prado, often referred to simply as Guillermo Schulenburg, (June 12, 1916 - July 19, 2009) was the abbot
Abbot
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 of the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City
Mexico City
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 from 1963 to 1996. He was the subject of a scandal in 1996, during the beatification of St. Juan Diego, because he opposed Juan Diego's canonization
Canonization
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 saying that it would be "recognition of a cult. He was also quoted by the magazine Ixthus as saying that Juan Diego was "a symbol, not a reality." The then-80-year-old Abbot Schulenburg retired one month after the scandal
Quotations

אם תרצו, אין זו אגדה

Im tirtsu, ein zo agada

In reference to the area of the Jewish state: From the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates.

As quoted in Complete Diaries by Theodor Herzl, Volume II, page 711.

Dream and deed are not as different as many think. All the deeds of men are dreams at first, and become dreams in the end.

As quoted in The Israelis : Founders and Sons (1971) by Amos Elon, p. 57 : The Diaries of Theodore Herzl as edited and translated by Marvin Lowenthal (Dial Press, New York, 1956),

In Paris... I achieved a freer attitude toward anti-Semitism, which I now began to understand historically and to pardon. Above all, I recognized the emptiness and futility of trying to "combat" anti-Semitism.

In reaction to the Dreyfus affair|Dreyfus affair.

The anti-Semites will become our most loyal friends; the anti-Semitic nations will become our allies.

Noting that anti-semite's desire to expel Jews from their nations would aid the Zionist cause.

 
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