Pope Francis has warned of the “scourge of anti-semitism” in his prayer on the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, noting it marks 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

The pontiff noted that this year marks 80 years since the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp.

Pope Francis, speaking on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz, said the Holocaust must never be forgotten. "The horror of the extermination of millions of Jews and people of other faiths in those years can neither be forgotten nor denied,